| ID | 7091 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Safdarjung Enclave B1, B4 and B5 blocks |
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| Rough Address/Area | Safdarjung Enclave |
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| City/District | New Delhi |
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| State | Delhi |
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| Location Latitude | 28.56507492 |
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| Location Longitude | 77.19880676 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1975-1979 |
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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 large number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually between 30 and 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? | The nests would be in our home windows, ventilators etc. and we could watch the mating, nesting and feeding habits of the adults and juveniles, fledglings..
a great joy all in all.. how they brought their nest building material starting with rough, hardish twigs then softer grass then fine yarn, threads etc and finally softest feathers..to form the inner most lining of the nest..
how the male and female parents of the young ones took turns to bring in food for their offspring.. and feed into the wide open beaks of the little ones..
and the way the adults entered their nests... and waited for their turn to enter.. great courtesy and chivalry and etiquette.. if one could make such judgements..
and how the little ones flew away one day all of them abandoning their nest...
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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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