| ID | 6275 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Lakshmi Bai Nagar Govt quarters |
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| Rough Address/Area | Laxmi Bai Nagar |
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| City/District | New Delhi |
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| State | Delhi |
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| Location Latitude | 28.57683372 |
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| Location Longitude | 77.20588684 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1970-1974 |
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| Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | City (main) |
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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? | 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? | 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? | We lived in a small government quarter. These were old houses with old bulky ceiling fans. Every year, during summer we used to have sparrows build nests inside our house, in the cup on top of the old fans. With the heavy fans running at full speed in the Delhi summer heat, they still managed (mostly) to lay eggs and raise little ones above the fan! |
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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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