INTRODUCTIONFor new followers, this blog is the first in an annual series in which we will describe the northbound migration of seven satellite-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites: Palmetto, Bluff, Gulf …
Rally for the Rocklands – Miami, Florida
Only 2% of pine rockland forest remains within the urbanized areas of Miami-Dade County and outside of the protective border of Everglades National Park.Last …
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Drive Like Reddish Egrets Live Here
Introducing, Ding ARCI introduces Ding, a Reddish Egret fitted with a solar-powered, GPS-equipped satellite transmitter on 20 June 2014 at the J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on …
Riding the coastline, lifting on wind
Three of our satellite-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites made it to Brazil! Their GPS data indicate that Dayand Palmetto have almost caught up to MIA, who has been far ahead of the other migrants …
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A snapshot at summer’s end
A snapshot of the locations of seven satellite-tagged Swallow-tailed Kites on their southbound migration. PearlMS has lingered in the floodplain of Louisiana’s Atchafalaya River for 7 …
PearlMS sets forth…heads west?
PearlMS begins his southbound migration heading west to circumvent the Gulf of Mexico. The last of our seven GPS-satellite tagged Swallow-tailed Kites has begun his southbound migration...heading …
The Florida flurry subdues. One kite tarries in the Magnolia State.
Bluff, Gulf Hammock and Pace depart the U.S. PearlMS the last tagged bird to remain. Bluff and Gulf Hammock left their pre-migration areas on the same day, 12 August. Bluffhad been cruising the …
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Swallow-tailed Kite migration update on all birds
13 August 2014 update of seven satellite-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites.Pace continues to stage in Sumter County, Florida (west-central peninsula), where he has been since 6 August. He makes foraging …
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