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Lakescape - 570
Lakescape - 570

Fully enjoying his
winter-vacation on Indian
beaches ...

Plenty of sunshine
food ... and crowd ...

Seen here ... feeding on
the edge of a coastal
water body ...

Amazing flyers they
are ... recorded
to fly at the fastest
speed for a migratory
bird ... i.e.
18-24 m / s ... and
cover 5500 km in
five days ...

Two subspecies come
to India regularly
nominate to the west
and variegatus to the
east coast ... this
being the former ...

Watch him in Indian
setting ... again in
a clip uploaded much
earlier ...
Link :
http://birdforum.tv/members/action/viewvideo/7582/Whimbrel/

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Whimbrel
( Numenius phaeopus )

Coastal Gujarat
India
18.12.2017
Habitat
Coastal waterbodies and beaches
Location
Jamnagar, Costal Gujarat, India
Date taken
18.12.2017
Scientific name
Numenius phaeopus
Staff member
Opus Editor
Supporter
A beautiful closeup of this Whimbrel Alok! A great capture guy!
 
Superb shot Alok, such a handsome bird and thank you for all the information too.
 
Staff member
Opus Editor
Supporter
LOL what a muddy bill he has Alok!!! Obviously he's been very busy probing into wet mud.

A lovely picture you've taken of him my friend. Very well done.
 

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