ARCI
Avian Research and Conservation Institute
In 2012, ARCI deployed satellite transmitters on twelve Snail Kites in peninsular Florida to study their movements in relation to habitat availability, site preferences, and use of publicly-owned …
Continue Reading about A Snail of a Tale: radio-tagged Snail Kites and Hurricane Irma
What do you think Reddish Egrets living along the Gulf Coast of Florida did during Category 4 Hurricane Irma? If you’ll recall, we have been tracking six of these birds for several years …
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Were you able to catch ARCI’s Executive Director, Dr. Ken Meyer, on a panel of researchers talking about how Hurricane Irma could have affected Florida’s imperiled species? Ken was interviewed on …
Continue Reading about Who stayed, who left? Where our birds are after Hurricane Irma
Were you able to catch ARCI’s Executive Director, Dr. Ken Meyer, on a panel of researchers talking about how Hurricane Irma could have affected Florida’s imperiled species? Ken was interviewed on …
Continue Reading about Who stayed, who left? Where our birds are after Hurricane Irma
In preparation for Hurricane Irma, we evacuated field sites in the Florida Keys and coastal south Florida, moved boats and field crew to northern latitudes, and fortified our homes. We know that many …
Continue Reading about Nowhere to go. How will our birds cope with Hurricane Irma?
In preparation for Hurricane Irma, we evacuated field sites in the Florida Keys and coastal south Florida, moved boats and field crew to northern latitudes, and fortified our homes. We know that many …
Continue Reading about No where to go. How will our birds cope with Hurricane Irma?
In mid-July, an adult Swallow-tailed Kite was admitted to Audubon’s Center for Birds of Prey with trauma injuries after being hit by a vehicle. With some quiet rest, this kite improved quickly …
Continue Reading about A Swallow-tailed Kite’s second chance gives back to science
After 18 days of radio silence, Sawgrass reappeared – in Honduras! Her previous fixes were in Brazil, where she was slowly edging her way north through areas with little or no cell phone coverage. …
Continue Reading about Three cheers for Sawgrass, Palmetto, and Lacombe
