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Royal Shags and Tricky Parakeets: Birding Queen Charlotte Sound

10,000 Birds

So early in the morning we left Picton and headed out along Queen Charlotte Sound, getting the general tour and occasionally stopping to look at whatever we found. They are breeding and expanding on the island and I can go back one day and know I have a chance of seeing them then. I didn’t see one, probably.

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

10,000 Birds

The capital is San Juan, an important center of Caribbean culture and transportation. The population is approximately 105,000 and the capital is Charlotte Amalie on St. Although most conservation research focuses on northern breeding grounds, many ABA Area birds spend most of the year elsewhere. citizens: they carry U.S.