![]() In the native language, they are known as hunakai, or “sea foam,” an apt description of the sandpipers’ pale winter plumage and their nimble dance with the waves. Sanderlings also winter in the Hawaiian Islands. ![]() where puffs of blown spume or sea froth rolled like thistle down.” Rachel Carson, whose book Under the Sea Wind set a high standard for nature writing, described Sanderlings as running “with a twinkle of black feet.” Carson depicted Sanderlings’ foraging along the beach as “keeping in the thin film at the edge of the ebbing surf. These small sandpipers are called Sanderlings. Here and there along winter shorelines, both on the Pacific and Atlantic, little flocks of pale, silvery shorebirds probe at the water’s edge, keeping pace with each wave’s ebb and flow. BirdNote episodes air daily on public radio stations nationwide. This audio story is brought to you by BirdNote, a partner of the National Audubon Society.
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