| ID | 5509 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | MCC Campus, Tambaram |
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| Rough Address/Area | Tambaram East |
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| City/District | Tambaram |
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
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| Location Latitude | 12.92046833 |
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| Location Longitude | 80.12406921 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1990-1994 |
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| Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | Town |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Campus |
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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 visited once or twice |
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| Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above? | Occasionally: I saw sparrows several times a month |
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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 few birds: When I saw sparrows, there were usually less than 5 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? | See details in my paper:
Santharam, V. 2001. Changes in the bird fauna of a scrub-jungle following fragmentation and habitat alterations. Blackbuck. 15(4): 83–93.
Interestingly, the earlier work (see below):
Barnes, A. M. 1939. Birds observed in and near Tambaram, South India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. XLI(4): 744–747
Barnes, Alice M. 1938. Birds observed in and near Tambaram, Chingleput District, South India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. XL(3): 467–476
cites them as being very common in the 1930's. |
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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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