If you guessed that Day would be the next of our GPS satellite-tagged Swallow-tailed Kites to migrate, you would have been correct! However, Palmetto was not far behind.Day and Palmetto set forth on …
MIA on the fast track
Movements of MIA from 18 July 2014 to 29 July 2014MIA has wasted no time on his southbound trek that began 18 July.After a brief respite east of Havana, Cuba, following his midnight arrival, he left …
Pre-migration begins!
By now, nearly all Swallow-tailed Kite nests have either fledged young or failed (on average, a bit more than half fledge at least one juvenile). This is the time when all the birds – including the 4 …
Locations of eight Swallow-tailed Kites on 16 June 2014
We have much to share with you about Swallow-tailed Kites and this year’s nesting season. This also is a good time to ask if you would become part of our tracking efforts by making a one-time …
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Five tagged Swallow-tailed Kites back in last year’s nesting areas, two more yet to reach the US.
ARCI’s 3/12/14 blog confirmed that one kite, MIA, had reached the US and was already back near his Miami nesting neighborhood. We also described oceanic flights-in-progress for four additional kites. …
MIA is back! Four birds over water.
**Note: Today's narrative reflects the most recent satellite data as of late last night, 11 March. The map shows movements only through 10 March. MIA launched from the Northern Yucatan at about …
Swallow-tailed Kite Migration: Birds on the move
MIA has coursed up through Central America, making his way to northern Nicaragua. With a tailwind, he could fly directly from Honduras, overwater to the Yucatan, or even all the way to Florida. We’ll …
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Swallow-tailed Kite Migration
MIA is making headway through Colombia, crossing a challenging obstacle along the migration route, the Andes Mountains.Day, also in Colombia, broke from the pack at the Peruvian border and is 460 …