Sarasota Audubon presents Kenneth D. Meyer, PhD, Avian Research and Conservation Institute. Discover the ways in which data drives habitat management & conservation for imperiled Florida birds like Snail Kites and Reddish Egrets. ARCI focuses on applied ecological studies of rare and imperiled birds in the United States and Latin America; they gather the scientific data that makes conservation happen. They are perhaps most well-known for putting tracking devices on Swallow-tailed kites and other endangered species greatly expanding what we know about them.