| ID | 7618 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | New Shanti nagar, Raipur |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | Raipur |
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| State | Chhattisgarh |
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| Location Latitude | 21.24824524 |
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| Location Longitude | 81.65734100 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2005-2009 |
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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? | Old residential area |
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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 visited frequently |
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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? | On 03 Oct 2007, an instance of community feeding was observed.
Two subadult chicks were perched on electricity line, Three females arrived and fed both the chicks one after the other, turn by turn.
Difficult to make out , whether any of the female had owned a chick or not. but all three fed two chicks.
Earlier in same area two female drove away a Laughing dove to some distance ans returned back.
Was it an instance of community rearing and feeding ? |
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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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