| ID | 6311 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Malleswaram |
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| Rough Address/Area | Gayathri Devi Park Extension, Kodandarampura |
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| City/District | Bangalore |
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| State | Karnataka |
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| Location Latitude | 13.00642204 |
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| Location Longitude | 77.57523346 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1990-1994 |
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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? | 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 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? | During Jan - May 1993, we lived in tiny house next Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Malleswaram, Bangalore. The house was a low-roofed one, with a couple of houses adjoining it and shared a common front-yard. I had noticed a few sparrows flying about in that area. They had actually built a nest in the corner of our house (the inner part of the living room). Eggs were laid, they hatched, baby sparrows learnt to fly about and they eventually moved out. The attitude of the people in and around home was to treat them as cohabitants of their family. Those were the days when grains of rice, wheat & other cereals were cleaned by the womenfolk in the open space, the sparrows got their feed on a regular basis. A public tap in the open (which had a bit of water around it ) served to quench their thirst. The infants grew up actually viewing the live birds (unlike the CDs that the young ones have to contend with today) |
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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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