| ID | 5333 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Road No.1, Banjara Hills |
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| Rough Address/Area | Banjara Hills |
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| City/District | Hyderabad |
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| State | Andhra Pradesh |
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| Location Latitude | 17.41427994 |
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| Location Longitude | 78.45092773 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1985-1989 |
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| Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | City (main) |
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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? | 500 m to 1 km across (eg, a residential colony, commercial area or small village) |
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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 large number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually between 30 and 100 birds |
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| Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests? | Nests seen occasionally |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | This particular report is from my childhood when we lived in a large and very rambling old house. Cleaning grain and spreading it out to dry in the sun was an almost daily activity of the cook. In consequence, there were always several sparrows around the house in those days. A small group of about 25 birds were almost permanent residents. They nested regularly in the old walls, where there were convenient holes. We had put up nest boxes also but they never used these, preferring to use existing holes in the walls. I recollect we even used to occasionally try to catch the birds using a drop-type cage. Happily, we were very rarely successful; but I do remember how pleased I was when I caught two birds in a single attempt. |
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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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