| ID | 9115 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Shanti Park |
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| City/District | Mira Bhayandar |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 19.27979851 |
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| Location Longitude | 72.86575317 |
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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? | 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 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 occasionally |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | Inspired by Nature Forever Society, I have bought a bird feeder for sparrows and from thereafter I am noticing that in my windowpane where I have put that feeder 3-4 sparrows are coming for food sometimes together and sometimes one at a time. They come several times a day. There is also Indian Mynah, crows and pigeons in this region. I have noticed some sparrow nest on the space in our building. They are basically located between the storeys. We have shops in ground floor and flats from 1st floor onwards. On the roadside, they made their nests between the space over the shop hoarding. Also we have trees in our areas and I have noticed them having nests there too. |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Apartment complexes |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | Mostly flats and housing complexes with shops on the ground floor on roadside |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Both |
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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? | A few |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Window, Wall cavity, noticed one nestbox |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | Before 1995 |
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