HASEEB SHAIKH

STRANGE SHIKRA BEHAVIOUR (Me, Birding in the Wilderness) On 17th June 2012 the following behavior of the birds was recorded by me Has eeb Shaikh, a Naturalist from Ahmedabad,  along with Yatin Parikh (School teacher and wildlife photographer) of from Gandhinagar) at the Aranya Park of the GEER Foundation at Gandhinagar, Gujarat. This Shikra behavior  was observed and recorded at around 05.30 pm. It was observed on hearing the chattering of a pair of Black Drongos (Dicrurus adsimilis) over their nesting site on the Bawal tree (Acacia nilotica) that the pair was disturbed by a Shikra (Accipiter badius) which perched itself on a branch just above the nest infested with a Drongo hatchling. The Drongo pair constantly flew over the Shikra to force it to fly away from their nest. Just as we sighted the proceedings and Yatin Parikh raised his camera lens to click the picture, the Shikra launched itself into the Drong nest and picked up the young one of the Drongo and flew away with the Drongo