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