| ID | 10920 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Sudarshan Colony |
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| Rough Address/Area | Daulat Nagar, Thane East |
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| City/District | Thane |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 19.18494415 |
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| Location Longitude | 72.97777557 |
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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 occasionally |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | 5 years back when mobile towers came in our area, sparrows count declined, however at our place we started to feed the sparrows by keeping raw rice in the edge of our balcony in the early morning around 6:00 AM. Once sparrows got to know about this, they came in more numbers. My dad also started keeping water to drink and bathe in empty Shrikhand containers. Not only sparrows but we have started sighting Red and white headed Bulbuls as well. |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Multi-storey bungalows, Apartment complexes |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | Our residential colony is exactly next to a lake which is next to Thane railway station's East side. Our colony is peaceful and has fair amount of green cover and some household shrubs. |
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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? | Tree hole, Wall cavity |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2005-2009 |
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