ARCI
Avian Research and Conservation Institute
ARCI, together with Orleans Audubon has been tracking Swallow-tailed Kites with GPS-transmitters from their breeding grounds in the US to their wintering grounds in South America. Kites are returning …
Continue Reading about The good and the bad of GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites on migration
ARCI, together with Orleans Audubon has been tracking Swallow-tailed Kites with GPS-transmitters from their breeding grounds in the US to their wintering grounds in South America. Kites are returning …
Continue Reading about Two more GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites in the US!
We’ve seen many reports of Swallow-tailed Kites in Florida already! We hope you get to see these beautiful birds soar across the sky if you haven’t already. Remember that ARCI is interested in your …
ARCI will be reporting on the 14 Swallow-tailed Kites we are tracking with GPS-equipped transmitters as they return from their wintering grounds in South America. These kites were tagged during the …
Continue Reading about Northbound progress, but all Kites still in South America
ARCI, together with Orleans Audubon, tracked 16 Swallow-tailed Kites with GPS-transmitters from their breeding grounds in the United States to their wintering grounds in South America last fall. They …
Continue Reading about Swallow-tailed Kites are Heading North
We have followed the Swallow-tailed Kites to familiar winter destinations within Brazil. From north to south, Apopka and Hobolochitto are in Rondônia, Brazil, about 700 km north of four kites in Mato …
Continue Reading about Winter Range Update on 16 GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites
Most of our 16 GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites have reached their wintering destinations. Woo hoo!Pritchard has joined Ponchitolawa, Lacombe, and Sanibel in Mato Grosso do Sul in an area where we’ve …
Not pictured are our “missing” Swallow-tailed Kites Babcock, OK, Sawgrass, and PBC-ERM Female that have been out of cell service for one or two months now. We hope they are just fine and will connect …
