| ID | 3567 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Harsh Nagar residential area |
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| Rough Address/Area | Harsh Nagar |
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| City/District | Kanpur |
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| State | Uttar Pradesh |
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| Location Latitude | 26.47541237 |
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| Location Longitude | 80.32489014 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1995-1999 |
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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 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 occasionally |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | In 1990s there were a lot of sparrows in our locality we used to see them daily, they used to come daily in our veranda and roof, they nested in the alcoves of our house, my grandfather used to feed them on kakun. But as years passed, i noticed a gradual decline in the number of sparrows. At present (2012) sparrows do not dwell here, they use to come from somewhere in small numbers and return and that too not on a regular basis. |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Other food shops, Cattle sheds, Single-storey bungalows |
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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? | Food |
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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? | Some |
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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? | 1995-1999 |
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