View Record #11295



ID11295
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting aboutVenunagar Colony
Rough Address/AreaShankar Kalat Nagar, Wakad
City/DistrictPimpri-Chinchwad
StateMaharashtra
Location Latitude18.60411072
Location Longitude73.76771545
Q3. What time period are you reporting about?2000-2004
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about?City (outskirts)
Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above?New residential development
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 large number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually between 30 and 100 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?There was a well in front of the building I live and there were two big babool trees near the well. There were approx 10 nests of sparrows on the babool tree and lots of sparrows. The surrounding area was also city outskirts and a rural area, a village. There were farmlands just behind our colony.
Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality?Other (please specify)
Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words.
Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes?Neither
Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown?area behind our colony was an agricultural area. The main crops were Jowar, Bajri, Corn, Sugarcane.
Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality?A few
Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they?Tree hole, Other (please specify), On a babool tree
Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality?2005-2009