| ID | 2021 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Thiru vi ka park / shenoynagar bus stop |
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| Rough Address/Area | Gajalakshmi Colony, Kilpauk |
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| City/District | Chennai |
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
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| Location Latitude | 13.07732391 |
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| Location Longitude | 80.22324371 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2005-2009 |
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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? | 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? | Often: I saw sparrows several times a week |
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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? | Nests seen occasionally |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | Shenoy nagar is composed of residential area, a big park(thiru-vi-ka park ) and market. More sparrows were observed on the period mentioned. Many times sparrows build nest in the windows of our home, even some sparrows were so friendly it stayed for long time and we were feeding them also. Really its a very beautiful bird which we should save it from extinction.
Due to new house constructions and after 2009 we clearly observed decreased in no of sparrows we observe daily in our parks and home. currently due to more growth and metro rail projects environment is totally changed and more trees were cutted off. Now we cant see even a single bird in the area |
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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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