ARCI
Avian Research and Conservation Institute
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
News from the flyway on our 16 GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites on their southbound migration:Two kites are south of the Pantanal in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil: Sanibel and Ponchitolawa. These kites …
Good news from our 16 GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites – a new check-in from PBC-ERM Male in Rondônia, Brazil! There he joins Sanibel, Apopka, and JAX above the agricultural fields. Just a bit farther …
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Almost all our 16 GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites are in South America now.Bayou Vincent is the outlier in Bolivia and seems to be settling into a wintering spot. Lacombe is across the border into …
Suwannee and JAX recently came back into cell coverage and have joined Lacombe in the State of Rondonia, Brazil. These birds from three completely different breeding areas are now within 80 miles of …
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