| ID | 5551 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Pujarivaripalli village |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | Chittoor |
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| State | Andhra Pradesh |
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| Location Latitude | 13.63580418 |
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| Location Longitude | 78.45830536 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2005-2009 |
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| Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | Village |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Other |
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| Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows? | 100-500 metres across (eg, a market, bus-stand or park) |
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| Q7. How well do/did you know this place in the time period chosen above? | I visited frequently |
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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 frequently |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | People here have a belief that sparrows are auspicious. One family had just built a pukka house, with screen mesh over the windows. But they had carefully cut out a hole in the middle of one window so that a family of sparrows could fly in to their nest (in a box hanging from the middle of the ceiling). |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Non-food shops, Cattle sheds, Single-storey bungalows, Other (please specify) |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | A small village with concrete lanes. Most houses have a cattle shed with one or more cows. Chickens pecking at scraps from the open drains. |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Nestbox |
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| Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown? | Groundnut, also millet and, now, sugarcane |
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| Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | Extensive |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Artificial nest box, Window, Wall cavity |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | |
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