| ID | 6635 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Alaknanda |
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| Rough Address/Area | Alaknanda |
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| City/District | New Delhi |
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| State | Delhi |
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| Location Latitude | 28.52781487 |
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| Location Longitude | 77.24698639 |
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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? | 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 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 frequently |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | There was a nest of sparrows (some 10-15 birds) in a tree right in front of our home. They would come inside the house too occasionally. They and other birds like pigeons and crows used to eat rice in our verandah. Foolishly we stopped keeping food when the bird flu epidemic (2006 or 2007 I think but I am not sure)spread to India. Gradually the sparrows vanished but the crows and pigeons are still around. The sparrows need a kind of bushy or leafy tree which offers camouflage or hiding place from predators like crows and eagles. They also need a steady supply of grains as they are not carnivorous like crows which eat just anything. |
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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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