| ID | 9837 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Rites Flat, ashok Vihar Phase-3 |
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| Rough Address/Area | Ashok Vihar III |
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| City/District | New Delhi |
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| State | Delhi |
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| Location Latitude | 28.68785095 |
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| Location Longitude | 77.17784119 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2005-2009 |
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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? | Nests seen frequently |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | From 2004 I started to live in RITES quarters, at Ashok Vihar Phase-3, Delhi 110052. The colony is surrounded by big park and gardens (500m X 1000m) from all side. Fourtunately I had a lawn attached with my flat filled with grass and shurbs. And in 2004-2006 I found lots of sparrows is roaming there through out the day specially at morning. However with time I noticed the numbers of sparrows are reducing at faster rate. Although I heard that due to mobile tower radition the number of sparrow is decearsing, but since my residence was surrounded by huge gardens the mobile signal strength was low. I tried to find out the reason and noticed that crows are preying sparrows. I found that there is a relation between increase of crows (due to day by day poor cleaning of municipal garbage from surrounding area)with decrease in numbers of sparrow comeing to my lawn. However in 2008-2009 with huge increase in crow in the area I found the numbers of sparrow very negligible. Hence in my opinion increase in population of crows in uncleaed city has major role in decrease in sparrow population. Hence to save the sparrow the proper disposal of garbage is extremely required. |
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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. | multi storied apartments surround by big gardens in all side |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Neither |
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| Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown? | No, only trees and grass is avilable |
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| Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | Extensive |
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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? | 2000-2004 |
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