| ID | 6827 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Old Khar, S. V. Road |
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| Rough Address/Area | Khar West |
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| City/District | Mumbai |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 19.06671143 |
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| Location Longitude | 72.83702850 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1970-1974 |
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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? | Less than 100 metres across (eg, a few houses or shops) |
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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 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 lived there and every evening at dusk the sparrows would gather on the huge peepal tree on the corner of our house busy chirping and talking to each other of the events of the day. Some would fly accross to the other huge peepal tree accross the road back and forth.We did not need an alarm clock to wake us up, the delightful chirping of the sparrows always told us it was morning and time to get up. My father always shared a little of his breakfast of chappati with the sparrows, taking the trouble to cut it in small pieces and keeping it on the parapet. |
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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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