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I’ve seen the swallow tailed kite do that drop down trick 🧐 it’s incredible. I thought I was the only person obsessed with this bird ever since I first saw it.
Watched a wonderful presentation until the slide showing the Argos transmitter attached to the back of a Kite. You’ll never convince me that it doesn’t impair the bird in one way or another. Who’s assuming it’s not an added burden for the bird? Guess who.
I appreciate your concern. Almost all field research carries at least some potential risk. I can assure you that the transmitter and harness attachment we are using meets all raptor research standards and has been approved by the USGS Bird Banding Lab. We have not had any adverse effects yet, and we have been using this particular transmitter design since 2011. In any study one has to weigh potential risks against benefits. In this case the knowledge we are gaining and the kite conservation measures we are implementing that are informed by the tracking study far outweigh any potential risk.
Leave the Pearl river alone let it flow. No lakes and dams please my the Lordtake this lake and dams away let the stergrmt and turtles lovre I pray please make them leave the Pearl River alone yoiu did not make the dam or lake please don’t ettas them fo it you are in control please don’t let them do this
Some potentially good news: the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is now developing a new plan for flood control on the Pearl River near Jackson, a plan which we believe will be environmentally friendly and which involves elevating existing structures.
Very nice Joan! I live in the Bay Area and find your video extremely informational and interesting. Thanks for information about the Pelagic tour. Looks very interesting. I took a whale watching tour from San Diego bay before on the decent size ship and got very bad seasick after it got to open sea and lasted for the rest of trip. I'm wondering what you felt about that boat you were on.
It was fine! I might have had a patch on, can't remember, but it's worth getting one just to make sure. I live in New Orleans and the pelagic we have leave a lot to be desired. It takes hours to get to blue water and you may not see any sea birds at all.
Wonderful video tour of the Bay Area. Thank you for highlighting a few of the beautiful areas in my vicinity. I’m a newbie birder and will get to the Golden Gate Park soon. Thx
Good job, Jennifer! People really should remove their trash before animals and humans are harmed! That first pond on the left at Honey Island Swamp was a mess.
Great video, thanks for the information. Interesting that Nature has tradeoffs with this bird, excels at flight but lacks a strong beak. And then it's kinda odd this Kite goes after so many land based prey, having chad air ability you would expect it to take advantage of this skill going after other birds. Maybe at one time in history it did focus on birds and it's simply coping now with our declining biodiversity.
Kites mostly feed on aerial insects and usually focus on land-based prey when they are raising young. Kites specialize at being able to fly slowly without staling out. Flying slowly allows them to thoroughly and methodically search for cryptic prey like arboreal tree frogs that might be in a shrub or tree canopy.
@@orleansaudubonsociety2410 Thank you for replying. I live in the panhandle of Florida and don't often see the Swallow Tail Kite, which is probably why it's special when they show up. Love this bird.
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