2016 has been tough so far for our satellite-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites.As you may recall (see our previous blog), Day and Gulf Hammock both apparently died in South America before they could return …
Sublime Creatures of the Wind
Finally! As we write, favorable winds are pushing Swallow-tailed Kites northward over the Gulf of Mexico.Movements of six GPS-satellite tracked Swallow-tailed Kites from 19 Feb - 11 Mar 2016Welcome …
Out Over the Perilous Deep
We received a lot of “First of the Year” Swallow-tailed Kite sighting reports on 2/24/2016, and it’s no wonder after a look at the following wind maps. The arrows show the wind directions around two …
Kites here, Kites there!
It’s time to keep your eyes to the sky because Swallow-tailed Kites are being reported in peninsular Florida! Are you as excited as we are? The South American summer still lifts the wings of the seven …
Finding Lift and Heading North
The first Swallow-tailed Kites have begun the 5,000-mile return journey from their South American winter ranges to their breeding grounds in the southeastern U.S. The kites have spent the last month …
Winter Death of PearlMS
PearlMS, tagged by Dr. Jennifer Coulson in 2011 near the East Pearl River in Mississippi, spent most of the 2015 North American breeding season in his previous nesting neighborhood along the West …
Settling into an Austral Summer
Yesterday's tracking data shows that almost all nine satellite-tagged Swallow-tailed Kites are settled into their South American summer ranges.Locations of nine satellite-tagged Swallow-tailed …
Catching up with the kites
It’s been a while so we know you are waiting to hear where the nine satellite-tagged Swallow-tailed Kites are along their migration. All the birds made it safely across or around the Gulf of Mexico, …