| ID | 3530 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | IIT Main Gate Powai |
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| Rough Address/Area | I.I.T Main Gate Bus Stop, IIT Mumbai, Adi Shankaracharya Marg, Powai |
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| City/District | Mumbai |
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| State | Maharashtra |
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| Location Latitude | 19.12551880 |
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| Location Longitude | 72.91728210 |
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| Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1970-1974 |
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| Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | City (outskirts) |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Agricultural fields |
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| Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows? | Less than 100 metres across (eg, a few houses or shops) |
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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 frequently |
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| Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | The sparrows use to come to our house regukarly and use to build their nest each season and when ever we shifted the house they use to come there and build there nest i dont rember whetther they were the same sparrows or different but it was always nice to hear their crispy sound and they use to wake us up early in the morning and we use to put grains for them and were a regular visitors |
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| Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Grain shops, Vegetable shops, Cattle sheds, Huts, Single-storey bungalows |
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| Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | the locality was mainly forest land and other area was agricultural green belt and was not allowed for any type of construction or buildings and was a natural space |
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| Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Neither |
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| Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown? | mainly grass for export as this soil of Powai was a very good quality of Murrum and could yeild all type of crops and abudant fruit trees and pracically all frunit and vegetable could be grown |
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| Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | Extensive |
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| Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Tree hole, Wall cavity |
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| Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2005-2009 |
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