ID | 66 |
Q1. Name of locality or area you are reporting about | Erramanzil Colony |
Rough Address/Area | |
City/District | Hyderabad |
State | Andhra Pradesh |
Location Latitude | 17.41889954 |
Location Longitude | 78.45308685 |
Q3. What time period are you reporting about? | 2010-2012 |
Q4. What kind of general area are you reporting about? | City (main) |
Q5. What kind of locality is/was this in the time period chosen above? | Old residential area |
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? | 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 fair number: When I saw sparrows, there were usually between 5 and 30 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? | I have been residing in the locality since early 90's. I would correlate the decrease in sparrow numbers to the change in architecture. Now I see sparrows in areas where the architecture of the residential areas did not change since 1990. |
Q12. What kind of buildings are/were present during this time period in this locality? | Grain shops, Vegetable shops, Huts, Single-storey bungalows |
Q13. Please describe this locality/area in your words. | Goverment quarters |
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? | |
Q16. How much green space exists/existed in this locality? | A few |
Q17. If you have seen sparrow nests, where were they? | Ledge |
Q18. When did mobile phone coverage arrive at this locality? | |