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