| ID | 6951 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | 1st street Gandhi Road Residential Area |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | Thiruvallur |
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
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| Location Latitude | 13.15010548 |
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| Location Longitude | 80.06950378 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1995-1999 |
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| Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | Other |
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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? | I was a student in this time period. There were many sparrows at that time. All the time we could see them roaming about in the ground searching for some tit bits.They used to be very noisy all the time. |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Grain shops, Vegetable shops, Other food shops, Single-storey bungalows |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | It was a an area in between a small town and a village. Its a defense area and there were lots of trees. Small grocery shops and vegetable shops were there and most houses were single storied and lots of land was vacant and had lots of trees. |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Don't know |
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| Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown? | Paddy and Vegetables |
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| Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | Extensive |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Tree hole, In electrical fixture, Other (please specify), In mail boxes in houses of people. |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 1995-1999 |
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