ID | 60 |
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Entrance to Canara Bank Layout |
Rough Address/Area | |
City/District | Bangalore |
State | Karnataka |
Location Latitude | 13.06821632 |
Location Longitude | 77.57912445 |
Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2005-2009 |
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? | New residential development |
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) |
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? | Always: I saw sparrows every day |
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 |
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 |
Q11. Would you like to share a story about House Sparrows from this time period? | This is a narrow road with a couple of general stores on one side. There used to be a handful of sparrows hanging about just outside these shops whenever I passed by. |
Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Grain shops, Vegetable shops, Single-storey bungalows |
Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | This is a new residential layout, and the specific place where I used to see sparrows is at the entrance to the layout, where there were a couple of small general stores. The rest of the area immediately opposite the shops was open, weedy scrubland. Somewhat more built up now. |
Q14. Does or did anyone feed sparrows in this locality/area, or put out nestboxes? | Don't know |
Q15. If this is an agricultural area, what are the main crops grown? | |
Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | Extensive |
Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | |
Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | |