| ID | 8986 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | oswal park complex |
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| Rough Address/Area | Thane West |
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| City/District | Thane |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 19.21356583 |
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| Location Longitude | 72.96838379 |
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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 (outskirts) |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Old residential area |
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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? | Other, I am residing in this area for the past 22 years |
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| Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above? | Occasionally: I saw sparrows several times a month |
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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? | At the beginning of 2010 I had put in my window sill up a small wooden box meant for sparrows to nest in. After a month or so a sparrow couple managed to use it as a breeding place. Being fond of photography, I recorded several video clips of the sparrows bringing hay to line the box, the feeding of the noisy chicks and even the gentle prodding of the babies by the parents to make their first flight. subsequently, after some days another couple started building a nest in the box but soon abandoned it. In fact they would peep inside the box and ten chirp agitatedly and fly away. I wondered what could be the reason. Then one evening I saw a squirrel sitting on the box. Soon it entered the box only to emerge the next morning to sun itself and then run away. Another evening I also witnessed a fight between 2 squirrels to occupy the box for the night. So the sparrows box had been taken over by homeless squirrels. A lot of birds and other arboreals like the squirrels were displaced when the trees in the Voltas compound behind my complex were cut down to make way for highrises.I am happy that I managed give shelter to some of these hapless creatures. Even now sparrows visit my garden occasionally as is evident from the chewed up hibiscus buds. I hardly get to see any hibiscus blooms in my garden but then its ok because its for a noble cause- to save the brave little sparrow from extinction.There was also a tree outside the gate which used to be a roosting place for hundreds of sparrows in the evening . I heard a lot of chirping one day and happened to look up. I dont know whether the tree still exists. |
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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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