| ID | 7448 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | KDMC Municipal Hospital area |
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| Rough Address/Area | Shastri Nagar, Dombivli West |
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| City/District | Dombivli |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 19.21562958 |
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| Location Longitude | 73.08219147 |
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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? | Other |
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| Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows? | 100-500 metres across (eg, a market, bus-stand or park) |
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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 occasionally |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | I am lucky enough that in this area there are plenty of sparrows, even though there seems some decline in their population, but still we are lucky n happy that every day we do hear their chirping. Often we see them sitting on the branch of trees, wires, grills of houses, etc.
My experience is very good. Every day I do keep water n grains for them. Some time it takes them the whole day to finish those stuff, or else they finishes that within 1 hour or so. At times I have observed as many as 20-25 sparrows sitting on the grill of my house n chirping. I do feed them 2-3 times a day. N guess what, when there is nothing to eat n drink, they chirping is much much louder as though telling me that they are here n want some thing to eat n drink.
But I admit, there is a decline in there population. When I was a small kid, I do remember there use to be many many sparrows in our locality. Now at present they are comparatively less.
Nowadays there nests are also seen a bit rarely, n I think its because of modernization of our living. Earlier there use to be those wooden windows, sparrows use to find it very easy to built up the nest there. But nowadays we use those sliding windows n all, hence its very difficult for them to built there nest. |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Grain shops, Other food shops, Multi-storey bungalows, Apartment complexes |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | Busy street of Dombivli. |
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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? | Window, Ledge, Wall cavity |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2000-2004 |
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