| ID | 5314 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Saradapally |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | Asansol |
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| State | West Bengal |
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| Location Latitude | 23.69377708 |
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| Location Longitude | 86.94303894 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2010-2012 |
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| Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | City (outskirts) |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Old residential area |
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| Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows? | More than 1 km across (eg, a large village or town) |
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| Q7. How well do/did you know this place in the time period chosen above? | I lived there |
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| Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above? | Always: I saw sparrows every day |
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| Q9. When you did see House Sparrows in this time period and locality/area, how many did you typically see? | A fair number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually between 5 and 30 birds |
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| Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests? | Sparrows observed but no nests seen |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | A flock of about 30 House Sparrows visit my garden twice everyday once in the morning between 7.30AM-8.00AM and once in the afternoon between 4.15PM-4.30PM. Number of males are less than number of females. I and my wife treat them with
'Kangra Dana' and puffed rice. They share their food with 2 pairs of Spotted Dove, 1 pair of Collared Dove and a pair of
Red Vented Bulbul. Only the Collared Doves try to bully others. The sparrows appear to observe a very decent social discipline. The adults do not mind feeding young ones without any discrimination. Both males and females occasionally resort to fight to gain social authority.
They have superb communication skills. It is observed that
the group take off in a body and in flash to a nearby tree or creeper. I failed to detect any reason for it. I also could not detect any warning signal from the dominant males or females. But I am sure they hear sound beyond human range
and get alerted. It is heartening to note that the Sparrows are making a slow but steady comeback.
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | |
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| Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown? | |
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| Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | |
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