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 …
Partnerships in Sustainable Forest Management Supports Swallow-tailed Kite Research
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 …
Continuing a rewarding conservation collaboration on Kites in Palm Beach County
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 …
Swallow-tailed Kite Population Monitoring: why it’s important and how you can help
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 …
“Missing” Swallow-tailed Kites make it to their breeding grounds
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 …
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Migration has started, Swallow-tailed Kites are heading north!
To recap, Avian Research and Conservation Institute is monitoring US-breeding Swallow-tailed Kites through remote GPS tracking as they migrate, gather to forage, and rest across the 5,000-mile …
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A peak at Palm Beach County, FL Swallow-tailed Kites on their winter range
Tracking Swallow-tailed Kites across the globe using a global cellular network has its pros and cons. As you have probably experienced with your own phone, cell service is spotty. Well, it is …
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Silent Kites
Where are the Swallow-tailed Kites ARCI is tracking? We have little doubt they are on their winter range in South America…but we can’t “see” them right now. Long technical story, but we have …