WOW! Swallow-tailed Kites are back and getting busy with nest building and laying eggs. We highlight the northbound migration of three GSM-GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites from Palm Beach County. …
2023 nest monitoring with ARCI
Avian Research and Conservation Institute (ARCI) is continuing our Swallow-tailed Kite (and Short-tailed Hawk) nest monitoring program “Eyes on Kites”. ARCI has monitored nesting Swallow-tailed …
The Who, What, Where Swallow-tailed Kite Winter Update
ARCI is tracking 11 Swallow-tailed Kites from Florida (9) and South Carolina (2) fitted with GPS/GSM tracking backpacks. Each tagged Swallow-tailed Kite helps us address important questions about the …
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GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites from Palm Beach County, Florida check in on Winter Break
We are delighted continue our partnerships with the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society and Palm Beach County’s Department of Environmental Resources Management (ERM) on Swallow-tailed Kite …
A Swallow-tailed Kite’s migration to Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
On 4 August, 2022 a GPS-GSM-tracked Swallow-tailed Kite named “Suwannee II” made a two-day crossing to Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. After a nine-day rest in Quintana Roo, she continued south, over land …
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Good news for Sanibel: Swallow-tailed Kites safe in South America
ARCI has tracked four Swallow-tailed Kites with remote GSM-GPS telemetry since 2019 from Sanibel, Florida. The most recently tracked kites were tagged in 2021. As we watch the Gulf Coast of …
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Where are they now: 11 GPS-GSM Swallow-tailed Kites tracked to South America, fall 2022
Why does ARCI want to track Swallow-tailed Kites? Based on our experience since 1996 with using satellites and cell-phone networks to follow kites, we know that each tagged Swallow-tailed Kite will …
Mega surprise, Suwannee is ALIVE! Swallow-tailed Kite checks in from Nicaragua!
ARCI is now tracking two GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites from the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge (NWR): “Suwannee II”, a female, was tagged in June 2022 and “Suwannee”, a male, was tagged in …