| ID | 1448 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Royapuram |
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| Rough Address/Area | N Terminus Rd, George Town |
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| City/District | Chennai |
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
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| Location Latitude | 13.10410213 |
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| Location Longitude | 80.29383850 |
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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? | Other rural area |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Railway station |
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| 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) |
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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? | Rarely: I saw sparrows only a few times in many months or a year |
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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 few birds: When I saw sparrows, there were usually less than 5 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? | I tried building a birdhouse with a floor area of about 4 inches . The height can be anywhere from 9 to 12 inches. The simplest birdhouse that I constructed had these dimensions and a single compartment. I also made sure that I had a hinged roof to keep the rain out. The hinges on the roof helped me gain easy access to the inside of the birdhouse if ever you need to do some cleaning. There I made an access hole as well. This can be around 32 mm in diameter – that’s around 1.2 inches. I tried playing around with this figure and reach up to about 2 inches, or 50 mm. For a birdhouse with a height of 9 to 12 inches, the hole should be placed somewhere along the 6th or 7th inch from the floor. Atlast one fine day in a friday afternoon sparrows occupied those tiny little compartments and made them their dwelling places without paying me any rent lol ..... |
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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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