| ID | 917 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Pacharukhi and related villages |
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| Rough Address/Area | |
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| City/District | Siwan |
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| State | Bihar |
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| Location Latitude | 26.21990967 |
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| Location Longitude | 84.35796356 |
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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? | Grassland |
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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? | Well, not many stories of now but when we were kids, our maternal grandmother used to catch them from the pillar porches, would used to paint their bellies and release them. That was a childhood game but those high number of nests and birds are no more visible now.Even my township has lost the great number of sparrows it used to have. In towns their chirps has reduced dramatically. I have been in Delhi as well where I used to see them in Uttam Nagar area till 2007 |
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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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