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