Mumbai-based naturalist and wildlife photographer Mahesh Yadav was fortunate to spot a Shaheen falcon, a subspecies of the Peregrine falcon, in Mumbai’s Aarey forest. These birds, also known as raptors or birds of prey, are apex predators and are often accompanied by scavenger species.

The Shaheen falcon, also known as the Indian peregrine or black Shaheen, is a non-migratory subspecies of the peregrine falcon found in South Asia in Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan, most states of India and in Sri Lanka,