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.
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Sandpiper,
Curlew Sandpiper (In flight)
Sandpiper,
Eurasian Whimbrel
Whimbrel,
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.
Green Sandpiper
Sandpiper,
Ruff (breeding-male)
Ruff,
Wood Sandpiper
Sandpiper,
Common Redshank
Redshank,
Common Sandpiper (in flight)
Sandpipers in formation at Airoli.
Sandpiper,Sandpipers in formation at Airoli.
Marsh Sandpiper
Sandpiper,
Spotted Redshank
Redshank,
Bar-tailed Godwit
Godwit,
Common Greenshank (Non-breeding)
Greenshank,
Terek Sandpiper
Sandpiper,
Black-tailed Godwit (non-breeding)
Godwit,
Ruddy Turnstone
Turnstone,
Wood Sandpiper
Sandpiper,
Common Sandpiper
Sandpiper,
Curlew Sandpiper (Non-breeding)
Sandpiper,
Ruff (female)
Female Ruff preening. Shot at Mangalajodi wetlands in Chilika Lake.
Ruff,Female Ruff preening. Shot at Mangalajodi wetlands in Chilika Lake.
