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Swallow-tailed kite pre-migration mega-roost

Fires when in season Jul 1 - Aug 10; localize the active roost via eBird high counts

Photograph Tom Lazar · CC0

The weekly build has been paused since October 6, 2026. The seasons and dates below still hold. Events are the ones the last finished build found, in the week of 2026-09-13, that have not happened yet — anything announced since is missing, and nothing here reflects this week's weather.

July through August, peaking July. The notch is October.

No date. in season or not — this one is decided by the weather, not by the calendar, so the honest answer is a month rather than a day.

Where: Fisheating Creek
Drive: 115 minutes from Lakeland
In season: July through August
Peak: July
Certainty: in season or not
Drone: no

From the field

2,500-5,000 birds; a once-a-year spectacle aligned with the July doldrums.

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