ID | 11295 |
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Venunagar Colony |
Rough Address/Area | Shankar Kalat Nagar, Wakad |
City/District | Pimpri-Chinchwad |
State | Maharashtra |
Location Latitude | 18.60411072 |
Location Longitude | 73.76771545 |
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 |