| ID | 8120 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Dayanand Vihar, Vikas Marg, Delhi |
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| Rough Address/Area | Anand Vihar |
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| City/District | New Delhi |
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| State | Delhi |
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| Location Latitude | 28.64470863 |
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| Location Longitude | 77.30681610 |
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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? | New residential development |
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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? | Often: I saw sparrows several times a week |
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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 few birds: When I saw sparrows, there were usually less than 5 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? | We see a number of birds in our colony. I have been noting their numbers for the last 10 days or so.
The average number of birds that I have seen is as follows:
Pigeons - 50 (on electric wires, window panes, AC, shaft)
Mynas - 10 (mostly trees, window panes)
Crows - 10 (mostly trees)
Purple Sunbird - 3 or 4 (on plants in our house & near by trees)
Tailor bird - 3 or 4 (in our house and near by trees)
Sparrow - 1-2 (bushes in the park, a small stone column where we put some bread crumbs)
Green pigeons - 5-6 (in the main park of the colony)
Dove - 2-3
Bulbul - 5-6 (on tree tops and electric wires)
Kingfisher - once or twice in a park beside our house
Indian treepie - a pair (once in 2/3 months)
Barbet - have beeing seeing one everyday in our park, for the last week or so. never noticed in before
Common Hoopoe - once in 3 months ( we saw a pair sometime back, never saw it again)
Squirrels - Many in the parks
Eagles and kites - 4/5 on rooftops or in the sky
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Single-storey bungalows, Multi-storey bungalows, Apartment complexes |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | this is a residential colony with around 300 houses. Some single / double story houses built aruond 30 years ago. Now more and more builder floors are being built with 4 /5 floors per plot. |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Neither |
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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? | |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 1995-1999 |
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