| ID | 7673 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Kendriya Vihar residential complex |
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| Rough Address/Area | Sector 11, Kharghar |
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| City/District | Navi Mumbai |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 19.03820610 |
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| Location Longitude | 73.07078552 |
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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 (outskirts) |
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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 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? | House sparrows are a pleasure to watch. The sparrows sit in the garden in groups and play in the mud, plucking the weeds and eating them and also sit on the Tulsi plant in our 'Tulasi Maadam'. Ours is a ground floor apartment. We keep a gas trolley with water for them. They drink water from it and also enjoy a good swim. A sparrow and its family have their nest in the first floor of our building. Every morning we wake up to the chirping of sparrows and the purple-rumped sunbird. Ocassionally the red-whiskered bulbul visits our house. All citizens should keep water for the birds in summer. Wooden shelters should be placed in nook or corner of the house and building so that sparrows can build their nest. One can also take a cardboard box, fill it with cotton and twigs and place it on the attic or drying area or verandah – any place which is accessible to sparrows. Spary neem based preparations and avoid chemical pesticides. These harm the sparrow’s reproductive system when it eats the seeds. I request everyone to do their bit to save the house sparrows.
I wrote a blog about sparrows in May 2010 to share my joy and experience of watching the sparrows with everyone. The link of my blog is http://vlakshmi12.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/fable-about-sparrows/ I have added the photos and videos of the sparrows, sun birds, bulbuls in it. I have also mentioned a fable about the sparrows in my blog. Request you all to view it, post your comments and give maximum likes so that it can help the cause of the lovely sparrows. |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Apartment complexes |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | It's a residential complex with lot of greenery. |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Don't know |
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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? | Wall cavity |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2000-2004 |
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