All 16 GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites made it safely across the Gulf of Mexico! Wilson was our latest kite to make landfall on the Yucatan, on 4 September.Pritchard made some headway into northern …
Last kite leaves South Carolina
Wilson, the GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kite from South Carolina, left the US before Hurricane Dorian arrived. As the storm approached the eastern coast of Florida, winds were, and still are, very …
First Kites reach South America
Bayou Vincent has reached the Amazon region of Peru. OK has fallen in line behind Bayou after crossing the Andes Mountains of Colombia. Babcock appears to be in the same place as the last update; …
New Articles on Swallow-tailed Kites
Today, 27 August 2019, bioGraphic published a comprehensive article on Swallow-tailed Kite Conservation Biology. We are grateful to Steven Bedard (writer) and Mac Stone Photography for …
Swallow-tailed Kite migration and fires in Brazil
Many fans of Swallow-tailed Kites and followers of our tacking studies have expressed concerns about the threats posed to southbound migrant kites by the thousands of deliberately set fires raging …
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16 GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites Begin Their 2019 Migration to South America
Many of the 16 kites ARCI is currently tracking have already left the US on a 5,000-mile trip to wintering destinations in South America. In last week’s blog, we described the importance of …
Five Kites Join the Class of 2019
Left to right: Grace Campbell (ARCI, volunteer), Ken Meyer (ARCI),Larry Woodward (Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge,and Jeff Gleason (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service).ARCI has some exciting news …
Swallow-tailed Kite Population Monitoring Surveys are BACK!
Every year since 1989, ARCI has conducted systematic aerial surveys to count Swallow-tailed Kites at more than 15 large pre-migration roosts during a 10-day window in late July. These roosts, …
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