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