| ID | 7649 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Lagarge Cement plant & township, near Akaltara |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | Akaltara |
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| State | Chhattisgarh |
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| Location Latitude | 22.02555466 |
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| Location Longitude | 82.42805481 |
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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? | Town |
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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? | More than 1 km across (eg, a large village or town) |
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| Q7. How well do/did you know this place in the time period chosen above? | I visited once or twice |
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| Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above? | Occasionally: I saw sparrows several times a month |
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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? | Sparrows observed but no nests seen |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | Lafarge Cement plant residential colony area was traversed through on 6 Jan 2007 , more than 70/80 sparrows, scattered, in flocks recorded, in drive of more than a Km , suggesting presence of fairly good population. Present status as reported by Mr Dichson ( April - 2012 ), indicates decine, he could record not more than 20/25 birds.
At Kotmisonar very few sparrows , not more than 5/6 only, as per Mr Dichson, in April 2012. |
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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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