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