| ID | 9514 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Maitri Garden , Near Oswal park. |
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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 | 19.21477509 |
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| Location Longitude | 72.97541809 |
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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? | 100-500 metres across (eg, a market, bus-stand or park) |
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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? | 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? | Hi ! I have a bird feeder and had got it operational by enticing sparrows to eat from the bird feeder. This was last february -2011. There were about 2-3 sparrows initially after around 8 months in Oct 11' there were around 10-12 sparrows visiting daily..chirping and enjoying...this year in february there was again a decrease to around 3-4. Now a days there are 3-4 nos. Its a bit saddening to note the decrease ....( not sure if it is because of change in season )
Currently the house is under renovation but the sparrows come regularly.
The bird feeder has attracted the sparrows and if lots of people are taught how to use it.. sparrows will not have to leave the city.
The problem is two fold ...people buy bird feeders i am sure...but the problem is how to entice the sparrow to eat from the feeder. Our bird feeder was idle for 2years as i just did not know how to get the birds to feed from it ..initially i tried for a day or two and then gave up..tried again after 2 years ....it took me more than a fortnight to get the first sparrow to understand how to eat from it. The piegons learn faster ..but are very messy ...just like the crow who learns from the piegons...copycat bird.
Second issue is availability of the bird feeder ...we luckily got ours from US where it is easily available
..its made in China for sure...not sure where we can get one in India....might just start my own manufacturing if u guys support !!!! |
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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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