| ID | 9180 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Kalyani Nagar |
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| Rough Address/Area | Kalyani Nagar |
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| City/District | Pune |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 18.54840469 |
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| Location Longitude | 73.89993286 |
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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? | Old residential area |
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| Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows? | Less than 100 metres across (eg, a few houses or shops) |
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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? | Often: I saw sparrows several times a week |
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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? | I sit in my house every morning and look across at the building where the 3rd floor house has been lying locked up for the past 1 year. I sip on my "chai" in the morning and look forward to seeing the birds flying across in the cool breeze. There is a family of sparrows, which has been putting grass inside the holes in the wall where the TV cable wires are going into the house. I see the sparrows go in turn by turn and its funny to see the small birds trying to manage a long blade of dry grass hanging from the beak and trying to fly at the same time. But this is a determined lot - I am glad they are. I had assumed that I will never see the sparrows in Pune, but here they are. I have grown up in Delhi, with sparrows as part of our regular growing up routine - we would feed them, keep water for them and they were always a pleasure to have around. I am hopeful that the family of sparrows like it here and decide to settle in. They are definitely good neighbors ! |
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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. | There are buildings with a small green patch - a small park. But in Kalyani Nagar, there is a Joggers park and I hear that some people feed the birds regularly. May be the sparrows are a part of the hungry lot |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Don't know |
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| Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown? | Not applicable |
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| Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | Some |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Wall cavity |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 1995-1999 |
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