Swallow-tailed Kites & Short-tailed Hawks

Conservation and Tracking
Swallow-tailed Kites & Short-tailed Hawks

Join us to learn about the tracking of swallow-tailed kites and short-tailed hawks by the Avian Research and Conservation Institute.

Swallow-tailed Kites (Elanoides forficatus) and Short-tailed Hawks (Buteo brachyurus) are two of Florida’s rarest and most special raptor species. The Avian Research and Conservation Institute (ARCI), based in Gainesville, FL, studies these raptors and tracks their movements and activity– including their presence at the Weedon Island Preserve! Join us for a presentation from Gina Kent of ARCI to hear about the latest conservation issues and status trends of these beautiful raptors.

Gina Kent has worked with ARCI since 2000 and is a Senior Conservation Scientist. She conducts bird surveys from small planes, boats around the Florida Keys, and climbs 100-foot-tall trees, while working with many Florida specialty birds including Crested Caracara, Swallow-tailed Kites, Snail Kites, Reddish Egrets, White-crowned Pigeons, and others. She is based in Florida but travels throughout the southeastern U.S. and internationally to research birds. Gina received an undergraduate degree in wildlife from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, and a master’s degree from the Georgia Southern University. Her graduate thesis was on Swallow-tailed Kite migration and stopover sites.

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