ARCI
Avian Research and Conservation Institute
All but two of our seven GPS/satellite-tagged Swallow-tailed Kites are moving their way north to the U.S. Their locations spread almost 2,000 miles across Brazil, Peru and Colombia. The four …
Continue Reading about MIA races for the Andes, Bluff still in idle
INTRODUCTIONFor new followers, this blog is the first in an annual series in which we will describe the northbound migration of seven satellite-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites: Palmetto, Bluff, Gulf …
Three of our satellite-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites made it to Brazil! Their GPS data indicate that Dayand Palmetto have almost caught up to MIA, who has been far ahead of the other migrants …
Continue Reading about Riding the coastline, lifting on wind
A snapshot of the locations of seven satellite-tagged Swallow-tailed Kites on their southbound migration. PearlMS has lingered in the floodplain of Louisiana’s Atchafalaya River for 7 …
PearlMS begins his southbound migration heading west to circumvent the Gulf of Mexico. The last of our seven GPS-satellite tagged Swallow-tailed Kites has begun his southbound migration...heading …
Bluff, Gulf Hammock and Pace depart the U.S. PearlMS the last tagged bird to remain. Bluff and Gulf Hammock left their pre-migration areas on the same day, 12 August. Bluffhad been cruising the …
Continue Reading about The Florida flurry subdues. One kite tarries in the Magnolia State.
13 August 2014 update of seven satellite-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites.Pace continues to stage in Sumter County, Florida (west-central peninsula), where he has been since 6 August. He makes foraging …
Continue Reading about Swallow-tailed Kite migration update on all birds
Pre-migration movements of Pace, a satellite-tagged Swallow-tailed Kite. Pace had been using a relatively small area around Doctors Lake in southern Jacksonville, Florida close to his nesting …