ARCI
Avian Research and Conservation Institute
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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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 …
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 …
Cypress is the last of the Class of 2022 GPS/GSM-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites to migrate. He and two other kites were tagged in Palm Beach County in cooperation with the Palm Beach Zoo and …
In July we introduced you to the two Swallow-tailed Kites from South Carolina that we are tracking in collaboration with International Paper and the American Bird Conservancy. Both birds spent …
On 5 July, after a successful breeding season on the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, Suwannee II headed north to Georgia, spending time on the Altamaha and Savannah Rivers for 18 days for …
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If you were betting on which of the three GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites from Palm Beach County Florida would leave on migration first, those of you that put your money on Juno would have won, but …
We have so much to share about Swallow-tailed Kites tracked by ARCI! Two of our 2021 Swallow-tailed Kites, both tagged on Sanibel Island, were among the first to leave the U.S. Sanibel …
Continue Reading about Migration is well underway for ARCI’s tracked Swallow-tailed Kites!
