After a winter holiday in Campo Grande, Brazil, Sanibel, the male Swallow-tailed Kite with a GPS-GSM transmitter, started his journey back to Florida. Each day he made northbound progress, roosting at …
The good and the bad of GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites on migration
ARCI, together with Orleans Audubon has been tracking Swallow-tailed Kites with GPS-transmitters from their breeding grounds in the US to their wintering grounds in South America. Kites are returning …
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Two more GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites in the US!
ARCI, together with Orleans Audubon has been tracking Swallow-tailed Kites with GPS-transmitters from their breeding grounds in the US to their wintering grounds in South America. Kites are returning …
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Swallow-tailed Kites fly in!
We’ve seen many reports of Swallow-tailed Kites in Florida already! We hope you get to see these beautiful birds soar across the sky if you haven’t already. Remember that ARCI is interested in your …
Northbound progress, but all Kites still in South America
ARCI will be reporting on the 14 Swallow-tailed Kites we are tracking with GPS-equipped transmitters as they return from their wintering grounds in South America. These kites were tagged during the …
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Swallow-tailed Kites are Heading North
ARCI, together with Orleans Audubon, tracked 16 Swallow-tailed Kites with GPS-transmitters from their breeding grounds in the United States to their wintering grounds in South America last fall. They …
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Winter Range Update on 16 GPS-tracked Swallow-tailed Kites
We have followed the Swallow-tailed Kites to familiar winter destinations within Brazil. From north to south, Apopka and Hobolochitto are in Rondônia, Brazil, about 700 km north of four kites in Mato …
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A Farewell to Two Satellite-tracked Reddish Egrets: Ding #2 and Darling
A message from ARCI's Executive Director Dr. Ken Meyer regarding the recent Reddish Egret deaths following exposure to red tide:"We bid farewell last week to the strikingly handsome male Reddish …
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