| ID | 960 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Society compound |
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| Rough Address/Area | Vile Parle, Vile Parle East |
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| City/District | Mumbai |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 19.09744835 |
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| Location Longitude | 72.84888458 |
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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? | 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? | 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 large number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually between 30 and 100 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 frequently |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | I got a feeder and nest box from Natureforver. The feeder was unused as I live on ground floor, but the nest box is in use. I got one big nest box which can house 3 families. Sadly, one faces my window, so sparrows dont use that, but the other 2 are always in use. I can hear young chicks chirping for food from my bedroom. The nest box is tied outside the house below a parapet, so there is no problem of rain. We never open that window, so sparrows dont get troubled.
I can see male sparrows collecting material to build nest, so I leave some coconut coir or small pieces of thread for them. Then I can see that the sparrows keep flying to the Ashoka tree and cut tiny fresh leaves and take them into the nest. This is when the chicks hatch from eggs. After that, they start getting flies and other insects. They also love the cooked rice that we put outside and bajra. During summers, they love to drink and bathe in the water bowl I put for them. |
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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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