ID | 3534 |
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | IIT Main Gate Powai |
Rough Address/Area | I.I.T Main Gate Bus Stop, IIT Mumbai, Adi Shankaracharya Marg, Powai |
City/District | Mumbai |
State | Maharashtra |
Location Latitude | 19.12531662 |
Location Longitude | 72.91747284 |
Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 1985-1989 |
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? | Agricultural fields |
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? | Often: I saw sparrows several times a week |
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 occasionally |
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | we shared the space with sparrows in our house and they use to build the nest as usual and were freely moving in the agricultural feild , grasslands and forest and were real fun to have them in our locality and where in perfect balance and had sufficent space to build the nesting and food in our area |
Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Grain shops, Vegetable shops, Non-food shops, Cattle sheds, Huts, Single-storey bungalows, Multi-storey bungalows |
Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | The area were still developed as per the building regulations for the society but lot ot hutment and row houses were constructed without regulations |
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? | still the grassland and fruit tree existed |
Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | Some |
Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Window, Tree hole, Wall cavity, In electrical fixture |
Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | 2005-2009 |