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He spooked a
Wood Sandpiper
feeding quietly
in the paddy field
... as the young
Skimmer flew low
over the surface ...
Many more Sandpipers
and a few Ruffs are
seen close to the
edge of the field ...
... near the
footpath ...
__________
Indian Skimmer
... Globally Threatened
Wood...
Captured today ...
Ruff in Breeding Plumage
Amazingly ... this
Ruff has arrived
back from his
nesting locales so
early ...
... with a large part
of his ruff still
intact ...
... this is the maximum
residual breeding
plumage that we have
witnessed in our
area ...
... he will gradually...
An important behavioral
documentation ...
A Ruff is seen feeding on
young shoots and
sprouts of fresh
monsoon grasses ...
Ruff, is a migratory species
that starts coming back
to India, from its Eurasian
breeding habitats as early
as August ...
Delhi
India
23 August 2016
A spectacular show
put up by a mixed group
of Black-tailed Godwits
and Ruffs ... taking off
en-masse ... and
circling in front of
us ...
... giving us this
memorable opportunity
to shot this fabulous
display ...
__________
Lost Wetlands of Gurgaon
at Basai
India
27 September 2019
Liked that
beautifully painted
face ...
... highlighted
in that glowing
pre-sunset
light ...
__________
Ruff
Talchhapar Blackbuck Sanctuary
Churu
Rajasthan
India
24 February 2022
This Ruff was, it seemed, nesting in a fallow field on the far side of a drainage ditch from where I was walking. No way I could jump over that drainage ditch, or even climb down and back up the 2-meter high, steep, muddy walls of it, with wet mud to get stuck in at the bottom as well. But of...
Simplicity ...
Godwits ...
... leading a
Ruff life ...
_____________
Limosa limosa
Philomachus pugnax
____
Dist. Gurgaon
Haryana
India
29 September 2019