| ID | 7121 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Our residence, Saket Bungalows, Vastrapur |
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| Rough Address/Area | Vastrapur |
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| City/District | Ahmedabad |
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| State | Gujarat |
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| Location Latitude | 23.03595924 |
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| Location Longitude | 72.52938843 |
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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 (outskirts) |
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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? | Nests seen occasionally |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | I have reported about this area before, we have been watching sparrows regularly in my garden, we saw a couple feeding the baby and we believe that they had their nest in the bougainvillea situated in our garden. Now for the past few days we have been watching another couple mating, and we were keeping an eye where they would nest, we have quite a few clay nests as well as couple of nests made out of shoe boxes. This morning the couple entered in one of the shoe box nest and have started using it as a nest... |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Multi-storey bungalows, Apartment complexes |
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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? | Both |
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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? | Artificial nest box |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | |
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