| ID | 5835 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Railwayline main road Near Bharathiar I.T.I |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | Dharmapuri |
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
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| Location Latitude | 12.12740612 |
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| Location Longitude | 78.15803528 |
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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? | Town |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Old residential area |
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| Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows? | Less than 100 metres across (eg, a few houses or shops) |
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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 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? | 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? | These sparrows used to come in groups of 30 to 60 and sat in a small bush near my house in the morning and evening. My wife used to throw some foodgrains in front of my house in the street. In the beginning the sparrows did not mind. Slowly they started to come and sit in front of the house in groups of 3 to 6 and ate the grains.When days passed they started to come in groups of 20 to 50 and started eating the grains. After few months I could not see them. Now a days I dont find them in groups.I could rarely watch one or two sparrows in the morning .Where did they go? |
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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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