| ID | 6541 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Mayur Colony (Residential Colony), Kothrud |
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| Rough Address/Area | Mayur Colony |
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| City/District | Pune |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 18.50396156 |
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| Location Longitude | 73.81800842 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1990-1994 |
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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? | Old residential 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 large number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually between 30 and 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? | Last decade of the last centuary was a time when house sparrows were very common in residential areas. Frequently they would try to build nests in our homes and residents would try everything to keep these birds from coming into the house.
But today still staying in the same colony for the last 28 years, we miss these beautiful birds, those messy nests & most of all the chirpy little ones. We have grown up listening to stories about these sparrows. But the drastic reduction in the population of house sparrows makes me wonder whether our future generations would be able to do the same. Infact I doubt whether they would be able to spot a house sparrow in their neighbourhood. It shouldn't be that a sparrow becomes just another bird in the extinct list of a bird book that they might read about. |
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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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