Humans have significantly impacted numerous species; some have thrived as opportunistic scavengers, often becoming cultural icons in regions like South Asia, where people ritually feed dogs, kites, cows, and monkeys. Nishant has established how ritual feeding, mutual tolerance (including the ability to withstand nuisance and injuries), and the diverse urban profile (e.g., habitat mosaics of varying suitability) in cities like Delhi help co-cultural connections between animal ecology and human ecology. In this presentation he will talk about how an opportunistic urban raptor (Black Kite) adapts, responds to, and exploits a range of human environments in Delhi by conducting analyses at both individual and population levels.