| ID | 9291 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Vidyasagar Colony |
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| Rough Address/Area | Vidyasagar Society, Bibvewadi |
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| City/District | Pune |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 18.48493576 |
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| Location Longitude | 73.87592316 |
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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? | New residential development |
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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 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? | 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? | My wife regularly keeps feed for birds around our garden flat and sparrows, along with other birds are visiting the place enjoying the food. I, along with my wife hung a cardboard box inside our sit-out for nesting purpose. A pair of sparrows showed some interest in it. Female inspected it from both outside & inside and after few visits, they rejected the box for nesting purpose. We are trying again. We regularly see about four pairs of sparrows around our flat in the garden. |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Apartment complexes |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | The locality is actually an old hillock on which residential development took place since about last 20 years. The buildings are assorted types i.e. bungalows, 3-4 storey apartments etc. |
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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? | |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2000-2004 |
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