| ID | 261 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | My Ground Floor Home in sector 33 NOIDA |
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| Rough Address/Area | Sector 33 NOIDA |
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| City/District | Gautam Budhha Nagar |
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| State | Uttar Pradesh |
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| Location Latitude | 28.58919716 |
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| Location Longitude | 77.35456085 |
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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? | Nests seen frequently |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | Sparrows have always lived around my house during the last 15 years at sector 33 Noida. They built a permanent nest in one of the electric lighting cavity in the ceiling of the front courtyard and raised families year after year. Last year (2011) after Diwali they suddenly disappeard from the area and we all felt very uncomfortable because my wife first offers food to these birds before putting it on the lunch table for rest of us. Fortunately they returned in Jan 2012. We continuousy watch them eating food on the boundary wall from the window of the dining area while taking lunch. If they do not come then we all become restless. I installed one home made nest box near their old nest few days back and now they have accepted it and started building a new nest. These little birds bring so much joy to our life. |
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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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