| ID | 9691 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Alapatinagar, Mehdipatnam |
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| Rough Address/Area | Food World Bus Stop, Gudi Malkapur Rd, Mehdipatnam |
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| City/District | Hyderabad |
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| State | Andhra Pradesh |
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| Location Latitude | 17.39004707 |
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| Location Longitude | 78.44036865 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1985-1989 |
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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 large number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually between 30 and 100 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? | We lived in this area for almost a year. At the time, our house was on the first floor of an independent house, and we had a long, narrow balcony right in front. We were visited by sparrows everyday, and used to feed them. They even used to make nests in convenient nooks and ventilators, which were abundant in the house, as the construction was not of the modern type. I remember once, a sparrow flew in when we were least expecting it, and it struck the ceiling fan which was on, and instantaneously died. I was only 13 years old then, and I cried my heart out. But this incident upset me so much, that I have been very careful ever since, to see that no bird is around when I am using the fan. Or if any bird wishes to enter, I make sure all the fans are off! They are too precious to lose! |
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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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