| ID | 10993 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Old Mudfort |
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| Rough Address/Area | Mudfort, Gun Rock Enclave |
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| City/District | Secunderabad |
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| State | Andhra Pradesh 500009 |
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| Location Latitude | 17.45533562 |
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| Location Longitude | 78.49295044 |
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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 few birds: When I saw sparrows, there were usually less than 5 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? | With urbanisation, the sparrows will soon disappear from here too , I feel lucky from all of the rest just because we can soothe ourselves with the twitter of the humble small creatures. The area I mentioned is like a small hamlet , though in the heart of the city it is genuinely primitive and a bit old fashioned in architecture. And that is why we have sparrows still , the mud tile roof structured houses with their mud walls provides beautiful nests for the sparrows but sadly enough all they have now is an electric pole with a hell lot mess of wires to hang on. I spot sparrows everyday , hear them chirping but the difference is I don't see any nests or happy,healthy sparrows . I spot them only in the morning and don't hear them in the evening like when I was a child. I request you to provide me with some nests and stuff to feed water and provide shelter to these house sparrows and to other birds like peigons that are strangely attracted to this electric pole |
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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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