ARCI
Avian Research and Conservation Institute
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 …
Continue Reading about The Florida flurry subdues. One kite tarries in the Magnolia State.
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 …
Continue Reading about Swallow-tailed Kite migration update on all birds
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 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 …
Continue Reading about Locations of eight Swallow-tailed Kites on 16 June 2014
ARCI’s 3/12/14 blog confirmed that one kite, MIA, had reached the US and was already back near his Miami nesting neighborhood. We also described oceanic flights-in-progress for four additional kites. …