{{IBP biologist and "master of the molt" Peter Pyle frequently publishes in the American Birding Association's [Ital[Birding]] magazine. In the August 2019 issue of [Ital[Birding]], Peter tells the delightful story of how his fascination with the Sanderlings at his new local birding patch got him contemplating their molt.}}

{{Why had he never seen Sanderlings in their orange-headed breeding plumage on central California beaches in the spring? Armed with his digital camera, he set off to find out and discovered something new about the Sanderling's molting strategy.}} 

{{You can read the article from the August 2019 issue of birding here: [NewTab[pdf-760||Sunset Sanderlings: Digital photography leads to novel insights about the presupplemental molt of the Sanderling]]}}

{{[Image[Sanderlings Brocken Inaglory:Wikimedia.jpg||width=500||caption=Sanderlings at Ocean Beach, CA. Photo by Brocken Inaglory/Wikimedia.]]}}