| ID | 6023 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | febrook house,south wick |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | Ooty |
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
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| Location Latitude | 11.40448380 |
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| Location Longitude | 76.71296692 |
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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? | New residential development |
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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? | Nests seen frequently |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | This happened when i was in 8th standard.One evening when our windows were opened one sparrow entered our house and later after the windows was closed it was struggling for a while to get out of the house.Myself and my brother planned to grow it but we couldn't catch hold of it and then my mom said we can never grow a sparrow and do let it go and hence we opened the door and it flew away! Eventhough we couldnt grow it as a pet i was happy to let it free. |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Single-storey bungalows, Multi-storey bungalows, Apartment complexes |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | It was initially surrounded by agriculture fields years back but now we could find only apartments and cottages. |
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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? | previously when it was an agricultural area they mainly cultivated potato and carrot. |
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| Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | A few |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Other (please specify), in my house,even now it is present. |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | Before 1995 |
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