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 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.
Marsh Sandpiper
On the Valiyaparamba beach.
Sandpiper,On the Valiyaparamba beach.
Common Sandpiper
Sandpiper,
Black-tailed Godwit (non-breeding)
Godwit,
Common Greenshank (Non-breeding)
Greenshank,
Ruddy Turnstone
Turnstone,
Green Sandpiper
Sandpiper,
Common Sandpiper (in flight)
Sandpipers in formation at Airoli.
Sandpiper,Sandpipers in formation at Airoli.
Bar-tailed Godwit
Godwit,
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,
Eurasian Whimbrel
Whimbrel,
Wood Sandpiper
Sandpiper,
Ruff (breeding-male)
Ruff,
Curlew Sandpiper (Non-breeding)
Sandpiper,
