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