Scolopacidae
Characterised by long legs and long bills these shorebirds pick on prey that they can find by the edge of the water bodies they inhabit.
Terek Sandpiper
Sandpiper,
Common Sandpiper
Sandpiper,
Ruddy Turnstone
Turnstone,
Spotted Redshank
Redshank,
Curlew Sandpiper (In flight)
Sandpiper,
Common Redshank
Redshank,
Wood Sandpiper
Sandpiper,
Curlew Sandpiper (Non-breeding)
Sandpiper,
Eurasian Whimbrel
Whimbrel,
Black-tailed Godwit (non-breeding)
Godwit,
Wood Sandpiper
Sandpiper,
Marsh Sandpiper
Sandpiper,
Ruff (female)
Female Ruff preening. Shot at Mangalajodi wetlands in Chilika Lake.
Ruff,Female Ruff preening. Shot at Mangalajodi wetlands in Chilika Lake.
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Sandpiper,
Common Greenshank (Non-breeding)
Greenshank,
Eurasian Curlew (Non-breeding)
On one of the days during our stay in the Farm of Happiness, we made a short tour to a completely untouched beach near Ganapati Pule. This Curlew was eating the tiny translucent crabs that were dashing about on the sand.
Curlew,On one of the days during our stay in the Farm of Happiness, we made a short tour to a completely untouched beach near Ganapati Pule. This Curlew was eating the tiny translucent crabs that were dashing about on the sand.
Ruff (breeding-male)
Ruff,
Bar-tailed Godwit
Godwit,
Green Sandpiper
Sandpiper,
Common Sandpiper (in flight)
Sandpipers in formation at Airoli.
Sandpiper,Sandpipers in formation at Airoli.
