ARCI
Avian Research and Conservation Institute
By now you have either seen posts and blogs about Swallow-tailed Kites heading south or you have NOT been seeing Kites in their normal Southeastern U.S. locations. Swallow-tailed Kites are early …
Continue Reading about Two complementary ways to track Swallow-tailed Kite migration through Florida
ARCI is using GPS-transmitters to track 11 Swallow-tailed Kites from breeding populations in Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana (the latter tagged by colleague Dr. Jennifer Coulson of Orleans …
Continue Reading about Surging into South America; Swallow-tailed Kites continue their migration
PBC-ERM Male, a GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kite from Palm Beach County, Florida, made it safely across the Gulf of Mexico! Arriving on Quintana Roo, Mexico on 16 August, this kite spent 3 days in …
Continue Reading about Palm Beach County Florida’s GPS-tracked Kites are in Colombia!
ARCI is tracking 11 Swallow-tailed Kites with GPS-equipped transmitters. Six of these kites are veteran contributors in our ongoing tracking research, having produced at least two years of …
Continue Reading about Swallow-tailed Kite Migration Tracking Begins!
The Avian Research and Conservation Institute has partnered with, among others, International Paper, the American Bird Conservancy, Resource Management Service (RMS), Forest Investment Associates …
Form to report Swallow-tailed Kites - 15 July to 5 August, 2021 Every year since 1989, ARCI has conducted systematic aerial surveys to count Swallow-tailed Kites at more than 15 large pre-migration …
Continue Reading about Will you help with Swallow-tailed Kite Population Monitoring?
Jeaga #1, a GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kite is back in Palm Beach County, Florida! She is the latest of the GPS-tagged kites tracked by ARCI to make the northbound trip to the breeding …
Continue Reading about A Gulf Coast tour by a Palm Beach Swallow-tailed Kite
The Avian Research and Conservation Institute (ARCI) currently tracks 10 Swallow-tailed Kites through their annual migration. These birds, each outfitted with GPS transmitters, are quickly making way …
Continue Reading about Waiting on a tailwind, GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites in Honduras
