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Shaheen wasn't in the vicinity when we had reached. Parakeet were perched right in Leela wall & balcony, Pigeons at the terrace parapet. 5 mins past, Falcon appeared from Eastern side of the building flushing all the Parakeets & Pigeons around. It was quite evident that she was in active flight pursuing an hunt. She flew west past Jains apartments towards the Somerset at such a great pace and with 4-5 seconds returned over Jains apartment, with a Pigeon cuffed in her talons. Her flight, now had rapid & deep wing beats but flew at slightly slower pace clearly indicating her carrying extra weight, the Pigeon. Unlike last time she landed at the base of Pillar perch with the kill. She didn't pant much or moved into mantling pose this time, but started to defeather her prey within few mins. A cloud of grey feathers were thrown from the ledge continously for new few mins and she started feeding vigorously. Took some pauses in between and we could see her throwing away beak full of long primary feathers of her prey. A Black Kite, that's observed passaging thru Leela every morning incidentally noticed the Falcon with prey. The Kite flew close to her twice investigating the Falcon & her kill, but the House Crows around the building got startled with the Kite's flight and started mobbing it badly. After circling around the building few times, the Kite moved away as the Falcon watched. She continued to feed on the Pigeon till we left.
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