| ID | 8258 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Vidyaranyapura,Fifth BlockBEL Layout |
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| Rough Address/Area | b.e.l.layout |
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| City/District | Bengaluru |
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| State | Karnataka |
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| Location Latitude | 12.95875740 |
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| Location Longitude | 77.59285736 |
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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? | Forest |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Garden/Park |
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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? | Rarely: I saw sparrows only a few times in many months or a year |
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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? | Nests seen frequently |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | Normally sparrows used to sit on my roof when some grains are put in the sun and they would enjoy having atreat of grains.i |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Grain shops, Vegetable shops, Other food shops, Poultry farms, Single-storey bungalows |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | In 1984,we had avery beutiful lake with lots of birds .This lake was converted as sewerage cleaning plant . Now the BBMP has taken up cleaning of the area and making a lake again. But now they are also in the front to do the area enviromentally good. |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Food |
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| Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown? | Before the layout was made here we had Mango Trees,Sapota and some seasonal vegetables also grown. |
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| Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | Extensive |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Tree hole, Other (please specify), for fancy some one had them artificially on the roofs |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2000-2004 |
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