| ID | 10661 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Samrat Ashok Path |
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| Rough Address/Area | Yerawada |
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| City/District | Pune |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 18.56291389 |
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| Location Longitude | 73.88086700 |
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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? | Town |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Other |
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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 visited frequently |
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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 very large number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually more than 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? | 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 do not reside any where near the location i have mentioned, i travel frequently from this road (Samrat Ashok Path) it is near the Yerwada mental hospital once you cross the new commer zone. there are more than 500 sparrows on the banyan trees on this road and you can notice a huge chirping of the house sparrows during sunset probably after 5:30pm till 7:30 i have been observing this for 4 to 5 years now and think that all sparrows may have migrated to this place and have their nests in the mental hospital (not sure). I read an artical yestarday (10th September 2012)in pune mirror and found that the organisation did not know about this area so would like some one to visit this place and i am sure the population of sparrows is much more then i think. |
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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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