| ID | 5550 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | DSK Akashganga society |
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| Rough Address/Area | Aundh |
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| City/District | Pune |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 18.56744003 |
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| Location Longitude | 73.80394745 |
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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? | New residential development |
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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 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? | I live at DSK Akashganga in Aundh, Pune. It is an 8 yr old residential complex. House sparrows are seen here in small groups of 10-15. My parents once told me that they haven't seen the house sparrow in their native place, Amravati (Maharashtra) from last five years. Also, I don't find any contribution about the information of sparrows from Amravati region. What could be the reason?
During my childhood days, I loved the sparrows who would often come inside the house without any fear. But now a days these birds seems to be afraid of humanbeings.
When I came to know about the extinction of sparrows, I decided to do something to save these little creatures.
Earlier I kept bajra grains for the birds but it attracted mainly the pigeons.
So I started keeping rawa for the sparrows. After few days I saw the sparrows visitng my balcony daily. I've also seen them collecting nesting materials.
I've kept a small earthen pot for feeding them water. My day begins with the sweet chirping of these birds and I enjoy their visit the whole day.
I've clicked a few snaps and videos of these birds to treasure for my grandchildren if in case they get extinct !
Last month I saw a sparrow sitting quietly for long time in my balcony. I felt as if it was not well. That evening my daughter who was playing downstairs told me that
a sparrow just fell down. I immediately rushed with a bowl of water.
But it was too late. The little bird had passed away. I was hurt. Don't know what could be the reason. Could it be sunstroke?
I have built a bird house recently from a box which I bought from the nearby grocery shop.
We have an open piece of land behind our society where lot of trees like babul, neem and grasses have grown which makes it a kind of green belt.
Also there is a 'Mula' river behind which makes a good habitat for the birds.
Other birds like the bulbul, maina, sunbirds,robins visit my balcony daily.
Every year the scaly breasted munias build their nest between the potted plants in my balcony. It's a wonderful sight to see them nesting.
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Grain shops, Vegetable shops, Other food shops, Apartment complexes |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | This locality is along the river 'Mula'. Also, an adjacent plot which has no construction, has a lot of trees. |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Don't know |
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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? | Some |
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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? | 2000-2004 |
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