| ID | 6336 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Residential |
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| Rough Address/Area | Thaltej |
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| City/District | Ahmedabad |
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| State | Gujarat |
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| Location Latitude | 23.05111885 |
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| Location Longitude | 72.51409912 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1995-1999 |
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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? | 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 fair number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually between 5 and 30 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? | Sparrows would try and come into the house with their nesting material.One morning I drew the window curtain and saw a lone sparrow sleeping in the folds of the curtain, I was quite amused.Normally we never see single sparrows. It would come every night,I did not disturb it till it wanted to stay. There were a lot of sparrows then, but with new development now their number has dwindled considerably. |
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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. | There was a lot of open area ,no vehicles except for a few two wheelers |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Food |
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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? | Some |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Window, Inside lofts in the house |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | |
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