A hunter in the city

The Shikra is a small sized raptor, commonly found in urban settings. I caught this one in a park. There were two, chasing each other. Finally only one remained visible. It moved from tree to tree for a while before settling on  a high eucalyptus. Its flight was quite a surprise - dive and rise, dive and rise..


This bird has at one time inspired me to write a poem: Arjun