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The floodgates of Swallow-tailed Kite migration have opened! Since Cypress, a Swallow-tailed Kite from Palm Beach County, Florida arrived on his breeding territory on March 10, additional GPS-tracked …
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Cypress, from Palm Beach County, Florida, is the first of the GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites to return to the United States! He arrived in Louisiana on the 2March 2026 and spent the night on the …
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The moment we’ve been waiting for…Swallow-tailed Kites are heading back to the U.S.! Together with Orleans Audubon Society we have been monitoring Swallow-tailed Kite movements through GPS. The map …
ARCI and Orleans Audubon Society (OAS) are tracking Swallow-tailed Kites not only to monitor the roosts, foraging areas, stopover sites, and winter destinations, but also to see how they use public …
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Townsend, a male Swallow-tailed Kite, was tagged with a GPS-tracker in June 2025 in McIntosh County, Georgia. Townsend was nesting on timberlands managed by the PotlachDeltic Corporation with a …
ARCI and Orleans Audubon Society (OAS) are tracking Swallow-tailed Kites not only to monitor the roosts, foraging areas, stopover sites, and winter destinations, but also to see how they use public …
Nine GPS-tracked kites tagged to understand conservation value on private forest lands. Avian Research and Conservation Institute (ARCI) and Orleans Audubon Society (OAS) have partnered with the …
Continue Reading about Swallow-tailed Kite migration update: where are they now?
ARCI and Orleans Audubon Society (OAS) are tracking Swallow-tailed Kites not only to monitor the roosts, foraging areas, stopover sites, and winter destinations, but also to see how they use public …
