| ID | 6425 |
| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | r.v.desai road |
| Rough Address/Area | Navapura |
| City/District | Vadodara |
| State | Gujarat |
| Location Latitude | 22.28760147 |
| Location Longitude | 73.20478821 |
| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2010-2012 |
| Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | City (main) |
| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Old residential area |
| 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) |
| Q7. How well do/did you know this place in the time period chosen above? | I lived there |
| Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above? | Always: I saw sparrows every day |
| 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 |
| Q10. If House Sparrows are/were present in this time period and locality/area, did you observe active nests? | Nests seen frequently |
| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | i am happy that few sparrows are there near my locality (home). they daily visit us for food and water but number of local citizen sparrow is less, approximately about 5 to 6. n other species of sparrows who have totally black body with greenish or purple shade are also there, in good numbers. sparrow nests also i have seen exactly in front of our gate n 25foot away in wall hole of an old mandir(ours is actually a new construction with rcc). squirrels are aplenty in my locality n they are quit a troublesome for sparrows nest. |
| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Open-air eateries, Huts, Single-storey bungalows, Multi-storey bungalows, Other (please specify) |
| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | in our locality multi-storey n single-storey bunglows are there with good greenery n also there are few huts n people from these huts use to throw garbage n left over food on open compound where i have seen sparrow searching for their food. |
| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Food |
| Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown? | |
| Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | Some |
| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Window, Tree hole, Wall cavity |
| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2000-2004 |