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 …
Aerial research team update 12 September 2025 – migration of Swallow-tailed Kites
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 …
Swallow-tailed Kite migration update: where are they now?
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 …
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Aerial research team update 19 August 2025; migration locations of 16 Swallow-tailed Kites tracked by ARCI
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 …
Aerial research team update 14 August 2025; Migration locations of 16 GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites tagged by ARCI
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 …
Taking the open ocean “shortcut”; Astor, a Swallow-tailed Kite’s flight to Panama
In the summer of 2025, ARCI was fortunate to receive funds and support from the Merritt Island Wildlife Association, West Volusia Audubon, and the Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge to capture and …
Cinco, a GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kite, makes landfall in Mexico
The Avian Research and Conservation Institute has been tracking Swallow-tailed Kite migration since the 1990s. One of the kites, an adult female named Cinco, was tagged at the Florida Panther National …
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2025 Aerial Research Team Roster: Meet the Swallow-tailed Kites
Together with Orleans Audubon Society, we are tracking 20 GPS-tagged adult Swallow-tailed Kites from the breeding grounds in the Southeastern United States. These birds have bred on private and public …
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