ARCI
Avian Research and Conservation Institute
This has been a difficult nesting season for Swallow-tailed Kites and researchers. There were many nest failures, and COVID-19 greatly restricted our ability to find and monitor nesting kites. Here is …
Continue Reading about ARCI’s GPS tracking of Swallow-tailed Kite during the 2020 breeding season
@ D. Brewer 2018. Swallow-tailed Kites in roost tree.Every year since 1989, ARCI has conducted systematic aerial surveys to count Swallow-tailed Kites at more than 15 large pre-migration roosts during …
Continue Reading about Swallow-tailed Kite Population Monitoring Surveys during COVID-19
The Avian Research and Conservation Institute, together with Orleans Audubon (Louisiana), has been tracking Swallow-tailed Kites with GPS-transmitters to learn about breeding behavior, habitat use, …
Sawgrass returns for the 4th time! A GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kite from Pinellas County Florida.Sawgrass, a female Swallow-tailed Kite, was tagged in 2016 at Sawgrass Lake Park. Our longest-tracked …
Third time is a charm! Apopka, a rehabilitated Swallow-tailed Kite tracked by GPS returns to Florida.Apopka, like all our GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites, has a wonderful story, but his is unique in …
Let’s give you some good news. Plenty to celebrate with GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites on migration.ARCI, together with Orleans Audubon has been tracking Swallow-tailed Kites with GPS-transmitters …
As our GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites are completing the last and most dangerous stage of their return to their United States nesting areas, we will be sharing their migration progress with you …
Continue Reading about Northbound Routes of Two Swallow-tailed Kites
After a winter holiday in Campo Grande, Brazil, Sanibel, the male Swallow-tailed Kite with a GPS-GSM transmitter, started his journey back to Florida. Each day he made northbound progress, roosting at …
