| ID | 11169 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | My flat terrace bird feed bowls |
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| Rough Address/Area | Pocket E, Sarita Vihar |
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| City/District | New Delhi |
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| State | Delhi 110044 |
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| Location Latitude | 28.53075027 |
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| Location Longitude | 77.29975891 |
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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 (outskirts) |
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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? | Occasionally: I saw sparrows several times a month |
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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? | I am reporting for the period 1993 to 2013. In 1993 this area had less housing but thousands of house sparrows could be sighted daily. Gradually sparrows disappeared by 2005. Since last two years they have started being sighted. Bird population has increased once again probably due to new trees all around but parrot population has decreased and peacock sightings have increased. Today morning I sighted about ten sparrows feeding from bird seed bowls placed on my terrace. Normally I sight pigeons, doves, parrots, squirrels, crows, slightly bigger multi-coloured sparrow like birds and what we call "BUTER" which are multi-coloured birds like nightingales but fatter and occasionally nightingales. |
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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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