| ID | 8354 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Block C-1, Janakpuri |
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| Rough Address/Area | Asalatpur Khadar |
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| City/District | New Delhi |
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| State | Delhi |
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| Location Latitude | 28.61990738 |
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| Location Longitude | 77.08076477 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1985-1989 |
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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? | 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 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 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 frequently |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | This kind of a sad story but not shared with anyone.
A sparrow had built a nest in the space between our Cooler and the wall. It had laid some eggs and there were sparrow babies which used to make a cute chirping noise whenever the mother came to feed them. I liked to hear that voice.
One night we heard a lot of the baby chirping sound. Which was quite odd as we never heard it before. In the morning we saw that the ants had eaten the baby alive and its skeleton was glued to the cooler (they were still taking the pieces of meat).
For a long time after that (months) a sparrow used to sit on the window and continously chirp from day to night. I told it to my father and he said just one line 'aulad ke liye'. It has been over 20 years and I still remember it distinctly.
Sorry this is not one of the happy stories but just had one and felt like writing...... |
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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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