The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
The islands were purchased by the United States from Denmark in 1916. And one can go birding on federal lands ( e.g., Cabo Rojo NWR ) and see ESA-listed endemic birds ( e.g., Yellow-shouldered Blackbird ), but not be in the ABA Area. Virgin Islands are 40 miles east of Puerto Rico and consist of St. citizens: they carry U.S.
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