All six of our satellite-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites have left their South American winter ranges on their migration back to the breeding range in the southeastern U.S. This map will give you a …
Northbound race to breeding sites: Swallow-tailed Kites have started their migration!
It’s that time of year again when we see those familiar GPS fixes in South America begin edging northward. For several years, ARCI has been monitoring satellite-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites on their …
Catching up with the Kites as they reach their winter ranges
We were able to follow some spectacular migratory movements of our seven GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites. With precarious over water flights, stopovers in the Yucatan Peninsula, quick and safe …
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The shortest route may not be the safest.
Tagging the Swallow-tailed Kite named Sawgrass was a breeze with the sighting tips from the observation crew from the St. Petersburg Audubon Society (SPAS). They had been observing the Swallow-tailed …
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Carlton the Swallow-tailed Kite takes a classic migratory course
One of the three kites GPS-tagged this summer includes an adult male (Carlton) captured 14 June 2016 on the T. Mabry Carlton Jr. Memorial Reserve in Sarasota County, Florida, the first …
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A 600-mile, northbound, pre-migratory destination for a South Florida Swallow-tailed Kite
Tracking data from "Panther," a Swallow-tailed Kite tagged at the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge in June 2016. Yellow star indicates tagging location.Adult Swallow-tailed Kite Panther was …
Swallow-tailed Kites on the move: Introducing The Class of 2016 and the first southbound movements of the season
It’s been a great summer for ARCI and the satellite-tagged birds we are following. We have so much to share, but we will take it one blog at a time so we can give you lots of details. The first news …
The 2016 Swallow-tailed Kite count is here!
The Avian Research and Conservation Institute invites you to participate in Florida’s Swallow-tailed Kite population monitoring surveys for 2016. << shortcut to reporting form >>ARCI’s …
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