| ID | 6487 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Harmu Housing Colony, Market area |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | Ranchi |
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| State | Jharkhand |
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| Location Latitude | 23.35873795 |
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| Location Longitude | 85.30406189 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2005-2009 |
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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? | 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 visited frequently |
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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 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? | I often visited to my nani's place at Harmu, Ranchi.I was always welcomed with house full of sparrows.They were all around, in the house, in the garden and the colony. More than 10 parcel each having 100 or more birds.Morning & Evening it used to look magical, parcel of birds flying round and round above in the sky.At once parcels broke into 2 to many making beautiful patterns. They did this for hour n half.At that time we could only hear the melodious chattering of the sparrows.
Bougainvillea in our garden was the home for 1 of the parcel. Rice, wheat or any edible thing kept was always covered by net but the sparrows managed to get some from them.The most exciting thing was that the mirrors were always covered, because sparrows when saw their image they started hitting it.
Recently when I visited their after my Granny passed away, the birds were missing. The bougainvillea was gone. The house when opened we saw few birds had made their nest inside in the bathroom ventilator& on the bed room window. Now the melodious chattering is gone but still few parcels of sparrow can bee seen in the colony. They have shifted their nest on the AC's because a few trees are left and new design house are being made. |
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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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