Winter is here and so are the waders. Along the shores of Kerala, wherever there are estuaries, little plovers spread out over the sand bars, running on tireless little feet. Morning walks are suddenly more fun on the beaches, especially to spend time with these lovely birds. On the first day of 2014, I found this adorable Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) in half minds whether to sing or not. Warm sunshine, sandy beaches and blue skies – who wouldn’t want to?
I see these Kentish Plovers in small groups with Lesser Sand Plovers who are of similar size and color. One good way to tell apart a Kentish plover is by the white collar that runs all the way around the neck.
Sandeep Somasekharan (or Sandy as friends call him) took his headlong plunge into photography with a three-megapixel Nikon point-and-shoot he purchased in 2003. The avid reader and an occasional scribbler started enjoying travel and nature more as he spent more time photographing. Meeting Beej in 2008 helped him channel his creative energies in the form of essays and nature photographs that he started publishing on the Green Ogre. Sandy loves to photograph birds and landscapes, and considers photography and writing as his meditation.
He is an engineer by education, IT professional by vocation, and a hopeless dreamer since creation.
He is an engineer by education, IT professional by vocation, and a hopeless dreamer since creation.
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