| ID | 6719 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Shailashree Bihar |
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| Rough Address/Area | Gajapati Nagar |
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| City/District | Bhubaneswar |
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| State | Odisha |
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| Location Latitude | 20.29605865 |
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| Location Longitude | 85.82453918 |
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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? | 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? | Often: I saw sparrows several times a week |
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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? | Nests seen occasionally |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | Yeasterday, I had been to my own maternal Uncle's house.
I saw a nest in the ventilator..to my surprise, A male Sparrow busy with nesting and flying here and there with its typical chik-chik. I enquered about them..My Uncle said there were many..just 2 years before. The were Bamboo bushes arround this newly developing residencial area. Now there are few and two to three pairs are nesting in their home.
I was excited to find Sparrows in Bhubaneswar.
Can we bring back them ? How ? |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Cattle sheds, Open-air eateries, Single-storey bungalows, Multi-storey bungalows |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | A newly developing residencial area. Vast open field are there and in some area there exist some cottages for labour class people. One or two cattle sheds also there. Though there are few Mobile towers but with good mobile coverage. |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Food |
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| Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown? | No agricultural lands. |
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| Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | Some |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Wall cavity, Other (please specify), Ventilator of the house |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2000-2004 |
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