| ID | 463 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | cox town near food world |
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| Rough Address/Area | Cox Town |
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| City/District | Bangalore |
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| State | Karnataka |
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| Location Latitude | 12.99737740 |
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| Location Longitude | 77.61996460 |
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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 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 occasionally |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | placing bowls of water some grains and cooked food is a regular feature at home where all family members actively take part. sparrows in our area lived in the nests they had built in the nandyavattam shrub with white flowers. however they often shifted places but were regular visitors to feed. they raised a hue and cry if there was no water or food. we saw about four generations of young ones being raised. however at any given time there were just about two or three families. thes sparrows shared space with crows, mynahs, squirrels and more seasonal birds. my articles on sparrows the sparrow and the sorrow appeared on april 4th 2010 and also sorrow over sparrow appeared on mar 17 this year. i have also written a couple of stories on sparrows and hope to see it published in a daily soon.
while i was of the opinion that sparrows were scared of fast moving vehicles i got to see them near the flyovers. these flyovers have tiny holes on the sides. the traffic is fast and heavy and vehicles just whizz past. all the same the sparrows, mynahs, crows parrots and some more small birds were all nested in the holes...!!! glad they have got over their fear of the traffic |
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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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