From left: Nicole, Jody, and Gina together before releasing Pritchard.Early on 7 June, volunteer Nicole Jones and Trapper the Great Horned Owl made the trek from the Avian Reconditioning Center in …
Renewed Swallow-tailed Kite tracking in Jacksonville, Florida
We could not be more grateful to the Jacksonville Zoo for supporting our Swallow-tailed Kite research! They funded both the tagging and tracking of a new adult Swallow-tailed Kite AND our …
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A New Swallow-tailed Kite Joins ARCI’s Tracking Program
It is a wonderful feeling to watch a Swallow-tailed Kite fly strongly away after it was successfully fitted with a transmitter. One mid-afternoon in early June, after the dark thunderclouds that …
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Swallow-tailed Kite Northbound Migration Wrap Up
It’s been an exciting migration season for the 11 Swallow-tailed Kites we’ve all been following. Most have returned to their breeding-season homes. This is the first recorded 10,000 mile round-trip …
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Bogue Falaya’s Uncertain Fate
Bogue Falaya, the Swallow-tailed Kite tagged in Louisiana in May 2016 by our project partner, Dr. Jennifer Coulson, is no longer transmitting. For reasons unknown, the last GPS fix we received showed …
Sawgrass, Wilson, and Apopka Check In
When we last reported on Sawgrass, Apopka, and Wilson in February, they were still in Brazil. A five week lag in data delivery as they traveled through the remote Amazon region of Brazil and …
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March Madness: Four More Gulf Crossings
For many Swallow-tailed Kites, reaching the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico means they have entered the home stretch of their northbound migration. One last 500-mile-plus push across the …
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First Flights to Florida: GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites return to their breeding grounds
If you live in the Southeast, you may have had the privilege in the last few weeks of spotting a graceful black and white raptor soaring over the treetops. They are starting to settle in to …