ARCI
Avian Research and Conservation Institute
Before we kick off this season’s Swallow-tailed Kite Northbound Migration blog series, we want to recognize all the members of our Swallow-tailed Kite Tracking Program. We are currently tracking …
Continue Reading about New and Familiar Feathers; Eleven Swallow-tailed Kites begin migrating north
Dr. Jennifer Coulson, President and Conservation Chair of the Orleans Audubon Society, studies population and nesting ecology of Swallow-tailed Kites in Louisiana and Mississippi. She’s also a …
Ricardo Miller prepares to release Trelawny after a successful tagging.WOW! We’ve been tracking Trelawny, an adult, female, White-crowned Pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala) for 4 years using the …
Continue Reading about Happy Tracking Anniversary to a Persistent Jamaican Pigeon!
With the ability to stay aloft over water for weeks at a time, we can assume that Magnificent Frigatebirds usually fare well when displaced by hurricanes. We observed this survival strategy with one …
ARCI has been studying Short-tailed Hawks, one of Florida’s rarest raptors, since 1999. These stunning raptors are sometimes overlooked because of their secretive behaviors. They hunt from high …
Continue Reading about A resilient and now famous Short-tailed Hawk
WOW! Apopka, the rehabilitated Swallow-tailed Kite with the GPS/GSM-transmitter, made it safely to Central America. Was Apopka lucky, or did it know a change in the weather loomed? We believe it was …
Continue Reading about Go With the Wind; A Swallow-tailed Kite gets the best migration conditions
WOW! Apopka, the rehabilitated Swallow-tailed Kite with the GPS/GSM-transmitter, made it safely to Central America. Was Apopka lucky, or did it know a change in the weather loomed? We believe it was …
Continue Reading about Go With the Wind; A Swallow-tailed Kite gets the best migration conditions
In 2012, ARCI deployed satellite transmitters on twelve Snail Kites in peninsular Florida to study their movements in relation to habitat availability, site preferences, and use of publicly-owned …
Continue Reading about A Snail of a Tale: radio-tagged Snail Kites and Hurricane Irma
