| ID | 5555 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | IIT Madras campus |
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| City/District | Chennai |
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
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| Location Latitude | 12.99115658 |
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| Location Longitude | 80.23631287 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2000-2004 |
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| Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | Forest |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Forest |
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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? | Never: I saw no sparrows during this period |
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| Q9. When you did see House Sparrows in this time period and locality/area, how many did you typically see? | Does not apply: I never saw sparrows during this period |
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| Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests? | No sparrows observed |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | Though there are no house sparrows in IIT Madras campus, sometime during 2001-2004 period I happened to see two dead sparrows in the close range of few meters within a time span of 10 minutes. One of the sparrow was dead near a handful of whole grains (rice with husk) in front of one of the temples inside the campus. I was shocked and till now did not understand what went wrong. |
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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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