Home • Register • Forum • RSS • User List • Login Your trail: > Home > Is it Bristle-thighed Curlew?? Is it Bristle-thighed Curlew?? ID please????Bristle-thighed Curlew??? Poster: AJITH ARAVIND Views: 768 Tags: AJITH ARAVIND  September  2009  Bangalore      Canon 20D  Canon 100-400mm    ID  Date: Sep 28, 2009

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viraj sose     wrote, @28-09-2009 01:09:47 i am not very sure that it is a bristle thighed curlew.. i am not that experienced though... lovely image anyways... i will be be looking forward to see the confirmed ID comment

Amit Thakurta     wrote, @28-09-2009 01:25:55 Most probably a non-breeding Whimbrel.

Rohan Kamath     wrote, @28-09-2009 07:09:11 yep...this is a whimbrel... the Bristle-thighed Curlew is found in Alaska... :D

Divya Venkatesh     wrote, @28-09-2009 09:28:46 Good one

Mohanram R K     wrote, @28-09-2009 09:53:04 Good one, you should get hold of a book on Indian birds to avoid the confusion. Where did you shoot this in Bangalore? Not often do we see Whimbrels around here...

AJITH ARAVIND     wrote, @28-09-2009 10:10:57 Thanks everyone.I shot this picture near Varthur lake. Are Whimbrels resident or migratory??

Sandeep Somasekharan     wrote, @28-09-2009 22:30:44 Super catch. Never heard of whimbrels in bangalore!

AJITH ARAVIND     wrote, @29-09-2009 10:53:21 Wow.isn't something special then.To be precise, i shot near the paddy fields of Varthur. The green back ground is infact the paddy fields.

Srikanth Kumar     wrote, @26-10-2009 21:17:09 Wow Whimbrels in Bangalore....... Excellent

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