| ID | 10736 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Satellite Road, near Indian Space Research Organization |
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| Rough Address/Area | Satellite |
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| City/District | Ahmedabad |
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| State | Gujarat |
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| Location Latitude | 23.02757454 |
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| Location Longitude | 72.52349854 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2000-2004 |
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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? | Often: I saw sparrows several times a week |
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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? | During the period mentioned above (200-2004) the house sparrows usually tried to enter the house and build their nests inside the house, typically above the fans or inside the lofts. But in past 3-5 years the sighting of these sparrows have decreased drastically. One would be lucky to find these sparrows. There might be few reasons associated with this change, such as 1. Less open grassland (trees, shrubs, plants) 2. Better sealed building envelopes which resists birds entrance inside ones home 3. Scarce food available for these birds. |
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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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