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	Snail Kite
		HABITAT: Snail Kites are found in tropical and subtropical lowland swamps and marshes with scant vegetation in Florida, a few of the Caribbean Islands, Central America, and South America.
		Snail Kites may have more than 1 clutch in a season and become sexually mature in less than a year.
		The female Snail Kite may desert the male and leave him to finish raising the nestlings, while she searches for a new mate to raise a second clutch of eggs.
	www.peregrinefund.org /Explore_Raptors/kites/snailkit.html (307 words)

	The Snail Kite (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The beak of the snail kite is narrow with a pronounced hook.
		Snail kites seldom take other prey, but they have been known to catch small turtles and crayfish when snails are scarce.
		The specialized diet renders the snail kite extremely habitat specific to shallow, long hydro-period marshes that contain sufficient applesnail populations, where the snails are visible and the water surface is not obscured by dense vegetation.
	www.env.duke.edu /wetland/snailkit.htm (172 words)

	SOFIA - ATLSS - Snail Kite - Abstract
		The snail kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus Ridgway) is an endangered raptor whose North American distribution is limited to the freshwater marshes of southern and central Florida.
		The viability of the snail kite population is strongly linked with the hydrology of the system, due to the kite's almost total dependence on apple snails, which require a freshwater habitat.
		Besides direct effects of hydrologic conditions on the kite demographics via relative habitat quality, the concept of density dependence is entered by assigning a carrying capacity to each of the 14 wetlands and the peripheral habitat.
	sofia.usgs.gov /projects/atlss/kite/snailkiteab2.html (891 words)

	SOFIA - ATLSS Project - Snail Kite
		The snail kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) is an endangered raptor whose distribution in the United States is restricted to the South Florida Ecosystem, including watersheds of the Everglades, Lake Okeechobee, Kissimmee River, and Upper St. Johns River.
		Because of the snail kite's restricted range and because their population is highly dependent on the success of restoration efforts, the snail kite is a key species to monitor throughout the restoration process.
		The ATLSS Snail Kite Index (SKI) Model was developed as a crude indicator of potential habitat quality during the breeding season for snail kites in the Florida Everglades.
	sofia.usgs.gov /projects/atlss/kite (695 words)

	SOFIA - ATLSS Project - Snail Kite
		The snail kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) is an endangered raptor whose distribution in the United States is restricted to the South Florida Ecosystem, including watersheds of the Everglades, Lake Okeechobee, Kissimmee River, and Upper St. Johns River.
		Because of the snail kite's restricted range and because their population is highly dependent on the success of restoration efforts, the snail kite is a key species to monitor throughout the restoration process.
		The ATLSS Snail Kite Index (SKI) Model was developed as a crude indicator of potential habitat quality during the breeding season for snail kites in the Florida Everglades.
	www.sofia.usgs.gov /projects/atlss/kite (695 words)

	Hypothetical Ecological Modeling of the Snail Kite (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Florida Snail Kite population has resulted to keep fluctuating strongly in the next 100 years, to be dependent from prey population, and to support an eventual reintroduction.
		Snail Kites, in fact, nest in marshes on small trees and bushes but, when the water level is too low, they are forced to nest on herbaceous vegetation that represent a weak support to the nests.
		An hypothetical absence of migration of Snail Kites to and from Cuba causes a strong decline of the Florida population because in Florida food is not sufficient after the summer to support the whole predator population.
	leopold.nmsu.edu /wlsc_450_models/Projects/Isabella/Text.htm (2279 words)

	ATLLS Snail Kite Index Model Description
		Introduction The snail kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) is an endangered raptor whose distribution in the United States is restricted to the South Florida Ecosystem, including watersheds of the Everglades, Lake Okeechobee, Kissimmee River, and Upper St. Johns River.
		Because snail kites feed almost exclusively on one species of aquatic snail (the apple snail, Pomacea paludosa), their survival depends directly on the hydrologic functioning of these watersheds.
		Because of the snail kite's restricted range and because their population is highly dependent on the success of restoration efforts, the snail kite is a key species to monitor throughout the restoration process.
	atlss.org /kite_mod.html (1214 words)

	Wildlife Viewing - Species Spotlight - Florida Snail Kite
		Historically, snail kites were found from the Everglades to just southeast of Tallahassee, but wetland drainage and development eliminated or altered its shallow freshwater foraging habitat.
		Snail kites breed from December to August and lay an average of three eggs in bulky nests built in a variety of wetland trees, shrubs and emergent vegetation.
		All snail kites have a distinctive white patch at the base of the tail, ending in a dark band with a narrow white edge.
	myfwc.com /viewing/species/snailkite.html (326 words)

	The snail kite--a bird in danger (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1997, Snail Kite population increased to 995 birds.
		The Snail Kite is a bird of prey, or raptor.
		The Snail Kite’s beak is long, curved, and just the right shape for extracting snails from their shells.
	nv.essortment.com /snailkitebird_regn.htm (549 words)

	Endangered Snail Kite Doing Well (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Snail Kites are listed as Endangered and found mainly in the marshes of south and south central Florida.
		The snail kite is feisty and has had a fifty per cent weight increase.
		The kite has a ways to go, but will eventually be transferred to Audubon’s Birds of Prey Center in Maitland, which will prepare the bird for release and give it a band before releasing it.
	www.spacecoastaudubon.org /limpkin/041001Limpkin/SnailKite.html (274 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - snail kite (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kite (bird), common name for about 21 diverse species of birds of prey, not all closely related.
		Kites are found in warmer portions of all continents...
		Snail, any of as many as 50,000 marine, freshwater, and terrestrial species of mollusk.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /snail_kite.html (108 words)

	THE EVERGLADE SNAIL KITE (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The snail kite became one of the first species to be appointed to the endangered species list.
		Snail Kites are common in parts of the panhandle, many lakes in central Florida, the upper St. Johns Marshes, Lake Okeechobee, and the Everglades
		Habitat: The habitat of the Snail Kite consists of fresh-water marshes and the shallow vegetated edges of lakes, along with the Everglades.
	www.orecity.k12.or.us /ochs/departments/science/species/snailkite.html (1152 words)

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		Snails are captured with the talons, while seldom getting the feathers of the wings, tail, or body wet in the process (kites do not plunge to capture prey as do ospreys and eagles) (05,23,25).
		The captured snail is taken to a perch where the operculum is removed and discarded, the soft tissue of the snail extracted, the shell dropped, and the soft parts then eaten (23,25).
		Breeding by snail kites generally takes place by the time the birds are 3 to 4 years old but on occasion they may breed as young as one year of age (05,30).
	fwie.fw.vt.edu /WWW/esis/lists/e104011.htm (4371 words)

	SOME ASPECTS OF THE BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE SNAIL KITE IN FLORIDA
		The greater abundance of snails during this period of favorable condi- tions was probably the reason for the lower nestling mortality.
		The kite's breeding season was timed to take advantage of increasing seasonal water levels in Florida's marshes and avoid the period of intense local summer storms with heavy rains and strong winds.
		The breeding biology of the Snail Kite was studied in Florida from 1968-1977 and intermittently from 1978-1980.
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/JFO/v058n02/p0171-p0189.html (9094 words)

	Explanation of Everglades Snail Kite SESI model
		Since apple snails are aquatic and have a limited capacity to survive dry conditions, drying events result in periodic reductions in the availability of snail kite food resources.
		For this index model, cells which are inundated less than 80% or greater than 98% of the time over a ten-year are considered unsuitable as snail kite habitat; cells with inundation periods of 80-85% and 95-98% are considered marginal; and cells with 85-95% inundation periods are considered suitable.
		Recovery of the Snail Kite in Florida: Beyond a reductionist paradigm.
	atlss.org /d_kite.html (996 words)

	Snail Kite Rare Birds Shady Oaks Fish Camp, Lake Kissimmee, Florida
		The Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis), a species of bird which feeds only on the Florida Apple Snail, (Pomacea paludosa) once numbered only around 30 birds.
		The Snail Kite's beak is shaped perfectly to enable the bird to retrieve the snail from it's shell.
		Ben Heilman, operator of the Shady Oaks Fish Camp and Central Florida Airboat Services, is very familar with the habits of the snail kite, and can usually show one or more on a typical airboat tour.
	www.airboatpro.com /kite.html (133 words)

	Snail Kite - Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota
		Snail Kite - Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota
		The female snail kite sometimes deserts the male, leaving him to finish raising the nestlings while she searches for a new mate to raise a second clutch of eggs.
		The snail kite is one of the most specialized feeders of any bird of prey.
	www.raptor.cvm.umn.edu /raptor/info/SnailKite.html (265 words)

	Snail Kite Species Account - Florida Breeding Bird Atlas
		Kite eggs have been found in all months of the year (Sykes 1987b), but most birds generally breed from December to June in south Florida and March to August in central Florida.
		By the late 1970s, the Snail Kite had withdrawn to the marshes on the west side of Lake Okeechobee and the southeast region of Water Conservation Area 3A in Palm Beach County (Sykes 1984).
		Although Snail Kites are often found in remote and inaccessible areas, they were the focus of state surveys during the Atlas period (Rodgers 1992; Bennetts and Maier 1991), so coverage for this species was fairly complete.
	wld.fwc.state.fl.us /bba/SNKI.htm (492 words)

	Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The kite showed up on several occasions and they observed it feed on crayfish.
		Snail Kites are resident in Mexico within 350 miles of the Texas border; it is likely this individual was from Mexican populations rather than Florida.
		Although Florida birds are thought to feed primarily on Apple Snails, Mexican birds are known to eat crayfish regularly.
	www.greglasley.net /snaikite.html (164 words)

	THE EVERGLADE SNAIL KITE (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Immature snail kites are similar to the adult females, but are more cinnamon in color.
		The management of Snail Kites today consists primarily of conserving wetlands and trying to maintain adequate water quantity and quality for their habitat.
		The snail kiteís numbers are not good enough yet to have the kite taken off the list, but there is hope for survival with a Recovery Plan and the cooperation of society as a whole.
	www.ochs.orecity.k12.or.us /departments/science/species/snailkite.html (1152 words)

	CESI Project Page-Parameterizing Individual Based Models of the Snail Kite
		The snail kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) is an endangered species that resides in the highly fluctuating ecosystem in the central and southern Florida wetlands.
		In particular, these data are needed for testing and improving the existing spatially-explicit, individual-based ATLSS snail kite model, developed by Mooij and Bennetts, which has recently been delivered to Department of Interior and other agencies.
		To monitor the status of the snail kite population trends in central and southern Florida.
	fl.water.usgs.gov /cesi/kwm_snailkite_proj.htm (268 words)

	PISCES - Freshwater Marshes: Threatened and Endangered Species (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Everglades snail kite, American alligator, eastern indigo snake, wood stork, and Florida panther are among the threatened and endangered species found in freshwater marsh habitats
		Threatened wildlife includes species, subspecies, or isolated populations that are likely to become endangered in the near future unless steps are taken to protect and manage the species and/or its habitat for its survival.
		The survival of the Everglades snail kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus) is dependent upon the survival of its prey, the apple snail.
	www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/southflorida/everglades/Marshes/Threatened.html (327 words)

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		Julien Martin and Wiley M. Kitchens USGS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Mooij Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Nieuwersluis, The Netherlands The snail kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus) is an endangered raptor that inhabits flooded freshwater areas and shallow lakes in peninsular Florida and Cuba (Sykes 1984, Sykes et al.
		Three features that remain constant in the variety of selected habitats are the presence of apple snails, areas of sparsely distributed emergent vegetation (Sykes 1983, 1987), and suitable nesting substrates, all of which are critical to the nesting and foraging success of the snail kite.
		Snail kites are dietary specialists, feeding almost exclusively on one species of aquatic apple snail, Pomacea paludosa (Sykes 1987, Sykes et al.
	conference.ifas.ufl.edu /jc/papers/geer/3oralgr/MartinJ.doc (1120 words)

	snail kite (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Everglade snail kite is a fl-blue bird with rounded wings and a long, thin, hooked bill.
		The habitat of the Everglade snail kite is in Florida, mostly Okeechobee.
		The Snail Kite lays 2-3 eggs heavily spotted and blotched with brown.
	www.westirondequoit.org /iroquois/birds/kite.htm (320 words)

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	Everglades Kite
		The Snail Kite lives mainly in the Everglades and South Florida; that is why they are named the Everglades Kite.
		Everglades Kites only eat apple snails if they live where apple snails are, but if there are no apple snails, they can eat snails of the same genus.
		The Everglades Kite is at the mercy of its environment.
	www.tenan.vuurwerk.nl /reports/thomas/886007966450.htm (667 words)

	Snail Kite -- Food Specialist (Site not responding. Last check: )
		For example, though the Snail Kite lives throughout Central and South America, its range in North America is limited to southern Florida by its extreme preference for the apple snail.
		In North America the Snail Kite can live only in the Florida marshes where the apple snail is found.
		The Snail Kite lives only in areas where the apple snail is found.
	www.paulnoll.com /Oregon/Birds/food-Kite.html (77 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sometimes the kite will also hunt small turtles; however, this is only when apple snails are scarce due to natural disasters.
		The snail kite catches prey by hunting while in the air, slowly and close to the ground,.
		The snail kite often misses its prey; however it is accustomed to many attempts in order to sustain itself.
	www.nps.gov /bicy/kite.htm (160 words)

	Encyclopedia: Snail Kite (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Giant African Snail (Achatina fulica) The name snail applies to most members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells.
		The Snail Kite is an endangered species in its native Florida Everglades, with a population of less than 400 breeding pairs.
		Research has demonstrated that water level control in the Everglades is depleting the population of Apple Snails, the primary food source of the Snail Kite.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Snail-Kite (611 words)

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