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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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ARCI staff will give a presentation on the large-scale use of 'peripheral' wetlands by Snail Kites at the 2014 Raptor Research Foundation conference in Corpus Christi, Texas in September. Below is the …
Pre-migration movements of Pace, a satellite-tagged Swallow-tailed Kite. Pace had been using a relatively small area around Doctors Lake in southern Jacksonville, Florida close to his nesting …
If you guessed that Day would be the next of our GPS satellite-tagged Swallow-tailed Kites to migrate, you would have been correct! However, Palmetto was not far behind.Day and Palmetto set forth on …
Movements of MIA from 18 July 2014 to 29 July 2014MIA has wasted no time on his southbound trek that began 18 July.After a brief respite east of Havana, Cuba, following his midnight arrival, he left …
By now, nearly all Swallow-tailed Kite nests have either fledged young or failed (on average, a bit more than half fledge at least one juvenile). This is the time when all the birds – including the 4 …
We're proud to share with you that Dr. Ken Meyer, ARCI's Executive Director, was honored with the Partners in Flight (PIF) Investigations Award which recognizes "outstanding research or scientific …
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We have much to share with you about Swallow-tailed Kites and this year’s nesting season. This also is a good time to ask if you would become part of our tracking efforts by making a one-time …
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