| ID | 8975 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Vashisht Hot Water springs |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | Kullu |
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| State | Himachal Pradesh |
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| Location Latitude | 32.25467300 |
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| Location Longitude | 77.19121552 |
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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? | Other |
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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? | Other, Visited this place 2 days ago as a tourist and spotted many sparrows here and other parts of Manali too. |
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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? | I visited Manali from 27-30 May 2012 and was glad to spot House sparrows here in many areas.The sparrows are nesting in window ledges of homes and there are active nests.The native designs of homes in this area seem to be the most encouraging aspect of sparrow population as I believe that habitat loss is one of the the major causes behind decline in sparrow population. |
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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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