| ID | 8849 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Bloosom Village Resort, Sidhpur, Dharmashala |
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| City/District | McLeod Ganj |
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| State | Himachal Pradesh |
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| Location Latitude | 32.24155045 |
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| Location Longitude | 76.32081604 |
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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? | Village |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Other |
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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? | 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? | Nests seen frequently |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | In Dharmashala we stayed in this beautiful resort, " Bloosom Village Resort", The owner Shri. Chandra is a wild life lover and has kept a few nest boxes in the garden, but House Sparrows have decided to build their own nests here and are nesting in the wooden frames of the roof of cottages. Chandra Ji was very pleased to see these birds nesting here and told me that he is feeling really good that he chose wooden frames over iron frames for the roofs, as if it were iron frames, Sparrows might not have nested there... |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Other (please specify) |
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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? | Extensive |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | , Frames of cottages |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | |
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