ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 7月5日 15時39分

Photo by Carlton Ward Jr. @carltonward As summer begins, swallow-tailed kites are gathering from their nesting grounds across the southeastern U.S. to prepare for their 5,000-mile annual migration over the Andes to the Pantanal in Brazil. During this epic journey, the ranchlands and conservation lands of South Florida provide essential foraging grounds, where kites congregate before flying over open waters of the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. This photo is from a few summers ago, when more than a thousand kites were roosting in cypress trees near Lake Okeechobee. I love what the swallow-tailed kite represents: that the lands that make up the Florida Wildlife Corridor are not only important for regional movements of Florida species like bears and panthers but also transcontinental migrations. To learn more about swallow-tailed kites, check out the Avian Research and Conservation Institute, where a dedicated team of scientists has been discovering the amazing journey of the kite using miniature GPS satellite backpacks. And look to the skies this summer for the signature forked tail of the graceful fliers—and imagine where they might go. #migration #everglades @pathofthepanther @arcinst @fl_wildcorridor @insidenatgeo #FloridaWild #KeepFLWild

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