| ID | 6376 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Laxmi Housing Complex |
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| Rough Address/Area | Dombivli West |
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| City/District | Dombivli |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 19.23722649 |
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| Location Longitude | 73.07983398 |
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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? | 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? | Often: I saw sparrows several times a week |
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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 very large number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually more than 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? | In my house sparrows are welcome. Crows are their natural enemies so they do not nest in the balconies in boxes or nesting places provided because they are very choosy birds. In my balcony they find places. They make their own nest using hay and all kinds of materials that they can lift. They choose the shelves in my balcony to nest. Several generations of sparrows live in my balcony. They will take a lot of advantage of you once they understand that you are harmless. In course of time they become totally fearless of you. When they choose the nesting places they take a lot of things into account. The first and foremost is crows: they will see to it that they are free from crows especially during the breeding of their chicks. The fledglings are also vulnerable to crow attacks so will take that also into attack while making nests. But sparrows live in my house naturally. Many of us can protect the sparrows by giving them little space to nest. Yes, I agree they can be a bit nuisance but how much nuisance we are daily doing to the environment!! Shall we not do our bit to protect a species which are willing to live in our houses. Open your windows and protect them before they become totally extinct!! |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Apartment complexes, Other (please specify) |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | Purely residential area but had very good natural environment in past which is being destroyed due to the development of new housing colonies. |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Both |
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| Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown? | Was once uopn a time but now few people do agriculture |
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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 the shelves in the balcony where they make their own nests |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2000-2004 |
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