July 6th 2025
Our MRC Nagar Shaheen falcon - christened Maya - arrived this year on 30th May 2025, two days after I left the city for a stint in Bangalore. So, I finally got a live Darshan this morning! Thanks to Hrishu and Aaditya's message that she was sighted.
See that little black blob on the railing? Well that is the falcon who has turned her back on us. |
MRC Nagar's Leela business centre building may be abandoned and unoccupied by humans, but for the birders of the city, it is a very happening building -
Vismaya the peregrine is a resident in the winter.
Maya the Shaheen is there through late summer to monsoon. She was here in 2023, '24 and now '25!
As GK, our Raptor Guru says, "It's a Shaheen female based on the longer moustachial stripe & the overall build. Shaheen Tiercels are quite compact & small, with a short broad moustachial stripe.
And we assume it's Maya based on the perches she take, her routine, all that. If another female reaches here & follows all that of Maya, it's practically not possible to find out unless they're a permanent visible clues in non-feathered parts."
June 15th pictures
Photo by Hrishu. Falco peregrinus peregrinator |
Photo by Hrishu. Falco peregrinus peregrinator |
She comes in with the monsoon winds, and every year we watch her movements - her hunts, preening, her ramp walks on the balustrade. We provide much curiosity and amusement to the citizens of MRC Nagar who are bemused at our fascination with a bird.
She's the bird with the fastest dive. Falcons are awesome. Ask GK. Ask Sanjeev.
Here's the Ebird list for the morning, from Hrishu.
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