| ID | 6478 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Vill - Sarsiwa, distt Raipur, now new distt Balodabazar |
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| Rough Address/Area | Sarsiwa village |
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| City/District | Raipur |
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| State | Chhattisgarh |
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| Location Latitude | 21.27865601 |
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| Location Longitude | 81.86614227 |
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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? | Village |
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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? | 100-500 metres across (eg, a market, bus-stand or park) |
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| Q7. How well do/did you know this place in the time period chosen above? | I visited once or twice |
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| Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above? | Rarely: I saw sparrows only a few times in many months or a year |
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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? | Sparrows observed but no nests seen |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | Mr Ajay travelled through village about a week back. In late afternoon hours he could see only one sparrow at village, it may be because of the high day temperature, when birds takes shelter in shade, but in any case sighting of only one bird is an indicator towards the depleted population in that area.
I have extensively travelled this area in yrs 1995 to 2000, at that time the species was fairly common. |
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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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