| ID | 702 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Shyamananda Road, Bhowanipur |
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| Rough Address/Area | 4A shyamananda Road, Bhowanipur |
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| City/District | Kolkata |
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| State | West Bengal |
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| Location Latitude | 22.52707481 |
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| Location Longitude | 88.35021210 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2000-2004 |
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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? | 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 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? | Sparrows observed but no nests seen |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | I lived in the locality from birth.My house has an aangan where we used to put jowar dana, wheat pulses ans seeds for the birds, esp. Pigeons and Sparrows.
The sparrows loved the rece grains the most. The noise they made when eating, actually breaking the rice pulse into pieces for eating. I used to sit in a windoow facing the aangan with my legs hanging from them watching for hours the small little packets of energy moving here and there, chirping and make seem time as wind, which would flow by.
The sparrows loved to bath in the drinking bowl. We used to keep a bowl of water for the birds to quench their thirst. But as you know , the birds do not know that they mustn't drink what they bathe in.
The sparrows would dive into sand and loose dirt of the aangan and then into the bowl of water. Splash and sploosh..... They were the athletes of the bowl.
I LOVE THEM.
BUT OF LATELY, THE COUNT HAS BECOME SO LESS :-( THAT I HARDLY GET TO SEE THEM AND WISH IF WE COULD SEE THEM MORE OFTEN :-))
Ami |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Grain shops, Vegetable shops, Apartment complexes |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | The locality consist of houses of 1970s and 1980s. Old houses with lot of trees as Bakul and Silf Cotton, Peepal. Etc. The locality has many terraces where birds are welcome for a feast of seeds and pulses. |
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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? | |
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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? | Window, Tree hole, Wall cavity, Other (please specify), Trees |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2000-2004 |
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