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The pectoral sandpiper also flies over Florida, making a round trip of nearly 19,000 miles.

That’s the high-flying but futile sex life of the male pectoral sandpiper looking for love in northernmost Alaska, according to a new study.

The opposite sex, on the other hand—the female red phalarope and male pectoral sandpiper—were gallivanting about at all hours, probably looking for new mates.

And this is where we bring in the pectoral sandpiper.

Adults and larvae of these flies have been found in the stomachs of the dowitcher, the pectoral sandpiper, the hudsonian godwit, and the killdeer.