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