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