Editing Steller's eider (section)

=== Molt ===
After breeding, Steller's eiders gather in high-density flocks to synchronously molt (replace all their feather at the same time) in Arctic lagoons in northwest Asia and along the Alaska peninsula.<ref name=":7">{{Cite journal|last=Petersen|first=Margaret R.|date=August 1981|title=Populations, Feeding Ecology and Molt of Steller's Eiders|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1367319|journal=The Condor|volume=83|issue=3|pages=256–262|doi=10.2307/1367319|jstor=1367319|bibcode=1981Condo..83..256P |issn=0010-5422|url-access=subscription}}</ref> They remain flightless for about three weeks, but the entire flight-feather molt lasts from July to October.<ref name=":7" />  Juveniles molt first, followed by adult males and adult females.<ref name=":7" />