Common Sandpiper in the Sunderbans- The bird that loves to travel

The trip to Sunderbans wasn't long. Just a night stay in a village cottage and then head back to Calcutta. The early morning ride in a ferry had me click a few shots of the birds. 

The common sandpiper has grayish brown upper parts and wings, while the under parts are white. By nature they are very social and usually move around in flocks. They fly low over water and can forage on ground as well as on shallow water. 

In winters, the sandpipers migrate from Europe and northern Asia to Africa, southern Asia and Australia. On the migration route, hundreds of birds gather in Micronesia for a stop-over.



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