ARCI
Avian Research and Conservation Institute
MIA has coursed up through Central America, making his way to northern Nicaragua. With a tailwind, he could fly directly from Honduras, overwater to the Yucatan, or even all the way to Florida. We’ll …
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MIA is making headway through Colombia, crossing a challenging obstacle along the migration route, the Andes Mountains.Day, also in Colombia, broke from the pack at the Peruvian border and is 460 …
As of 17 February, MIA has taken the lead among the eight satellite-tracked kites. He skipped through the northeastern corner of Peru and is just across the border into Colombia.Two hundred and fifty …
Movements of eight, satellite-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites as they begin their journey north. Day and Slidell are about tied for first place on their northbound migration. Both are in the …
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Heading northFive of our eight satellite-tracked birds have started heading north from their winter ranges in Brazil. This last leg of spring migration always is the fastest, driven perhaps by the …
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Satellite-tracking Project This research was supported in part by contributions of $2,940 from the Brevard Zoo and $100 from the Teen Volunteers, a support group of the Brevard Zoo. ARCI is …
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Movements of six Magnificent Frigatebirds tagged in the lower Keys and Dry Tortugas National Park. By 15 May 2013, all but one of the four Magnificent Frigatebirds we tagged in the Florida Keys …
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The eight Swallow-tailed Kites we are tracking by satellite left the U.S. by late August and settled into their Brazilian and Bolivian winter ranges by mid-October. As the temperature drops here in …
Continue Reading about Swallow-tailed Kite Migration Update: 19 December 2013