| ID | 7413 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Captain Azoriah Children's Home, 1/87, Athalavadi, Thalli - 635118 |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | Hosur |
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
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| Location Latitude | 12.73250008 |
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| Location Longitude | 77.82971954 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1980-1984 |
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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? | Agricultural fields |
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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? | Since childhood i have always admired birds and since 50 years i have been making a small cardboard box nest for the sparrows. I used to leave rags of jute or gunny sacs so that the sparrows could pick it up and use it as a nesting material. Today it has been 25 years since I started the Orphanage home at Hosur and I still make the cardboard boxes for the little sparrows and paint on them so that the nest has windows and doors and fix them at different corners. I have seen sparrows using these make-shift nests and also raising chicks. They used two types of food i) left over foods ii) insects, grubs and worms from my garden which is completely organic and I never used pesticides. Compared to previous years now in the period of 2010-2012 not many sparrows visit but i always have a pair of two sparrows who 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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