| ID | 5727 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | residential area |
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| Rough Address/Area | Teachers Colony |
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| City/District | Thoothukudi |
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
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| Location Latitude | 8.79518223 |
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| Location Longitude | 78.12009430 |
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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? | Often: I saw sparrows several times a week |
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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? | Nests seen occasionally |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | iam residing in fisheries quarters exactly around my house i have not seen any sparrow but 1/4km from my house in 3 different locality i could find some sparrows.
Locality 1:there is ration shop which has rice and wheat grains always there i have seen 2 sparrows.opposite to that shop in my friends house there is a sparrow nest consist of parent sparrow (male and female) and 2 kids.the parent sparrows use to feed the kids. onetime the both the sparrow did not come to the nest for 2days, so the kids started crying. my friend took the kids and fed them with grains. on the 3rd the parent sparrow saw the nest and shouted, so my friend replaced the kids in the nest. at once the both the sparrow went in and quarreled again went out leaving behind the kids in dead condition. It seems that on seeing the kids fed by someone they got annoyed and pricked the kids with their beaks and caused dead.
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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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