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 …
Quick Kite Update
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 …
Update from the Flyway
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 …
Kites Continue Farther into South America
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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13 of 16 Kites in South America
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 …
Almost all the Kites are in South America
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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All Kites Cross the Gulf
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 …