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Should Puerto Rico be Part of the ABA Area?

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The Department of Transportation has helped to reopen airports and the Department of Energy has assisted with getting power plants back online. The Department of Defense and Coast Guard are supporting the efforts with ships, helicopters, personnel, and supplies. This is all appropriate and necessary, as Puerto Ricans and U.S.

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Secrets of the Swamps

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A boat ride into this swamp turns up usual suspects like Pied Water Tyrant and Yellow-hooded Blackbird , but also (and most excitingly) three species of kingfisher: Green, American Pygmy and Ringed Kingfisher. The Nariva Swamp is the largest wetland on Trinidad, giving to and taking from the relentless Atlantic Ocean on its eastern boundary.

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The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

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The capital is San Juan, an important center of Caribbean culture and transportation. 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. Fish & Wildlife Service. Pierre et Miquelon.