ARCI
Avian Research and Conservation Institute
On 5 July, after a successful breeding season on the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, Suwannee II headed north to Georgia, spending time on the Altamaha and Savannah Rivers for 18 days for …
Continue Reading about GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kite “Suwannee II”, cruises to Honduras.
If you were betting on which of the three GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites from Palm Beach County Florida would leave on migration first, those of you that put your money on Juno would have won, but …
We have so much to share about Swallow-tailed Kites tracked by ARCI! Two of our 2021 Swallow-tailed Kites, both tagged on Sanibel Island, were among the first to leave the U.S. Sanibel …
Continue Reading about Migration is well underway for ARCI’s tracked Swallow-tailed Kites!
ARCI has joined the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge and the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge on Swallow-tailed Kite projects since the 1990’s. More recently ARCI has put GSM/GPS …
Our partnership with various organizations continues to broaden the study of Swallow-tailed Kite habitat use in working forests. These organizations include International Paper, the American Bird …
We are delighted continue our partnerships with the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society and Palm Beach County’s Department of Environmental Resources Management (ERM) on Swallow-tailed Kite …
Every year since 1989, ARCI has conducted systematic aerial surveys to count Swallow-tailed Kites at more than 15 large pre-migration roosts in late July and early August. These roosts, some of which …
Can we tell you how excited we are? Our long-lost GSM-GPS tracked Swallow-tailed Kites have come back to Florida! With the changes in cell-phone towers and network technologies, the internationally …
Continue Reading about “Missing” Swallow-tailed Kites make it to their breeding grounds
