The Story of Swallow-Tailed Kites and the People Who Track Them

Recording from live webinar on 4/2/21
Swallow-tailed Kites that breed in North America spend most of their lives on the wing traveling over vast distances. It is a treacherous journey at a treacherous time for this neo-tropical species that breeds primarily in the southern states, with Florida being their primary breeding grounds. They are highly social birds with intricate lives and are among one of the most beautiful birds in the world. People have tracked them from the ground, from the water, from the air and with tracking devices to study their migratory patterns, their life cycles and their social habits.
Join Barbara Walker of Clearwater Audubon for this enlightening, photographic enriched program about Swallow-tailed Kites!
Sponsored by the Friends of Brooker Creek Preserve.

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A pair of swallow-tailed kites have been hunting squirrels in Orange Park, FL for about a month.

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Thank you. I just watched four over my house. They glided low then very high . One day I caught one diving into a brush for a dove nest.

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I live in Wichita ks. And I believe I saw one in the tree. I took a photo.