| ID | 5347 |
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| Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | VGN Blooming Garden |
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| Rough Address/Area | Mugalivakkam |
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| City/District | Chennai |
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
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| Location Latitude | 13.01620293 |
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| Location Longitude | 80.15405273 |
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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? | City (outskirts) |
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| Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | New residential development |
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| Q6. Roughly how large is the locality/area from which you are reporting sparrows? | 500 m to 1 km across (eg, a residential colony, commercial area or small village) |
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| Q7. How well do/did you know this place in the time period chosen above? | Other, I am living there |
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| Q8. How frequently did you see House Sparrows in the time period and locality/area chosen above? | Occasionally: I saw sparrows several times a month |
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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? | 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? | We moved to this location almost 20 months back. Initially I had not seen any sparrows in this location. But for the past few months I have been seeing a fair number of sparrows. They are slightly different from the sparrows that I had seen in my childhood days. These sparrows have yellow colour chest. But their behaviors are the same. I was excited to see them again, because I was thinking that the sparrows have almost extinguished due to cell phone towers. Happy to share my experiences here. Thank you. |
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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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