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Should Puerto Rico be Part of the ABA Area?

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territories in the Caribbean: Puerto Rico and the U.S. The American flag has flown over Puerto Rico since 1898 and over the Virgin Islands since 1917. Virgin Islands not part of the American Birding Association’s ABA Area ? because it is birding in the United States. Perhaps Puerto Rico and the U.S

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The Parakeet of City Streets, the Monk Parakeet

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It’s etched into my audio memory, which is quite a feat considering the problems I have recognizing even the most common bird cries. I look up and see three large green birds, the bright green contrasting with dark blue underwings, whitish-grayish foreheads and breasts shining in the winter sun, flying overhead. “We And cell towers.

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The Whistle Blowers

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But, as with so many other species, these birds have been left to do their own whistle blowing. They are found in the Bahamas, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the Turks and Caicos, Antigua, Barbuda and Jamaica. They are also the rarest.