Pectoral sandpipers go the distance, and then some
Males visit multiple breeding grounds all across the Arctic
![male pectoral sandpiper](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/021817_notebook-rethink_main.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
FREQUENT FLIERS After a long migration from the Southern Hemisphere, male pectoral sandpipers (one shown) fly thousands of kilometers more around the Arctic.
B. Kempenaers/Max Planck Inst. For Ornithology