| ID | 7564 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Manibaug a residential area with mostly individual bunglows |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | Valsad |
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| State | Gujarat |
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| Location Latitude | 20.58969307 |
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| Location Longitude | 72.94076538 |
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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? | Town |
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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? | 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 frequently |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | This residential area a rural township has bunglows and the sparrows have adapted to make their nests in the bathroom/ toilet windows/ in the pots kept hanging outside the bunglows after a ritual, or in the bushy trees of the gardens. My residence has 5 nests with almost 9-10 pairs of young ones grown in one and half years of which 2-3 died possibly due to competition among siblings in nest/ accidental falling. The food is not a problem for them as most residents keep grains and water in vessels specifically for bird feeding. Even extra stale food is also kept out at times which is shared by birds and squerrels even. We have seen the sparrows eating the rotis/ papads thrown by children/ may be stale ones. If we cannot conserve them atleast we should not disturb them so as to allow them to adapt. AND THEY PROVE THAT THEY SURVIVE. |
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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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