| ID | 643 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Butchirajupalem |
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| Rough Address/Area | Pendurthi Jn to NAD Jn BRTS Rd, N.A.D |
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| City/District | Vishakhapatnam |
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| State | Andhra Pradesh |
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| Location Latitude | 17.74285316 |
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| Location Longitude | 83.23464203 |
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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 (main) |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Other commercial 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 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? | We have a small flower bush growing in the balcony of our house. When the bush was fairly big enough, it started attracting the house sparrows to build its nest in it. Our family used to place a bowl of water along with some rice under the bush. Later, I happened to attend the train green program conducted by HSBC, during which I came to know about the decrease in the number of house sparrows. From then, we started paying more attention to these birds and I am proud to say that there are about 15-20 of them now. |
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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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