| ID | 7418 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Devendranagar & other areas of Raipur city |
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| Rough Address/Area | Devendra Nagar |
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| City/District | Raipur |
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| State | Chhattisgarh |
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| Location Latitude | 21.25930023 |
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| Location Longitude | 81.64588928 |
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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 (main) |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | New residential development |
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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 very large number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually more than 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 occasionally |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | In Raipur city the day temperature touched 43 -0C and days became very hot , to move out.
The heat restricted the birds activities too, they mostly confided to shelter in noon.
Still few species like Laughing Doves,Rock Pigeon , Common Myna & House Sparrows, were active, though not in many numbers.
This was observed by me in Devendranagar colony on 07 April 2010, when day temp was 43-0C |
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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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