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