08/07/2013 We are currently tracking eight Swallow-tailed Kites during their southbound migration to wintering grounds in Brazil and Bolivia. …
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Swallow-tailed Kite Migration: 06 Aug 2013
08/06/2013 We are currently tracking eight Swallow-tailed Kites as they begin their southbound migration to their wintering grounds in Brazil and …
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Signal Lost
08/05/2013 Through June 2013, Croom continued to provide for his offspring by foraging out from his nest area east of Brooksville, Florida. On 2 …
2013 Nesting
07/11/2013 Croom and his mate have sucessfully fledged one young Swallow-tailed Kite. The juvenile began to edge out of the nest and onto neighboring branches on the 5th of June. By the 7th of …
ARCI comments on early feeding aggregations of Swallow-tailed Kites
On Monday, May 27th, birders reported seeing up to 150 Swallow-tailed Kites in foraging flocks north of Dade City, Florida. Bob Stalnaker, of the Seminole Audubon Society, contacted Dr. Meyer of …
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2012-2013 Migration
05/20/2013On 6 August 2012, exactly one year to the day of the start of his 2011 southbound migration, Croom again departed the U.S. for South America. He took just over two months to reach his …
Surprising moves of Magnificent Frigatebirds tagged in the Florida Keys
5/4/13: GPS satellite transmitters show unexpected nesting locationsWithin days of placing GPS-equipped satellite transmitters on Magnificent Frigatebirds last October in the Florida Keys, we gained …
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2011-2012 Migration
05/11/2013Croom, a male Swallow-tailed Kite, was tagged as an adult on 30 May 2011 on private property in Hernando County Florida, six miles southwest of the Croom tract of the Withlacoochee State …