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