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The Best Birding Locations in the United States (according to ChatGPT)

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I also asked ChatGPT for some birding jokes, and they are at the end. # # # Query: Provide a list of the 20 best birding locations in the United States. As of my knowledge cutoff in September 2021, the following list includes 25 well-regarded national wildlife refuges in the United States for birding.

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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. Both territories are part of the United States and the residents are American citizens, which appears to be the key criteria for inclusion. because it is birding in the United States.

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

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The Hawaii vote made it clear that that the ABA Area is about political borders, not geographical or ecological ones, and the two Caribbean territories have long been part of the United States. The absence of the Caribbean means that ABA Area—and the ABA—excludes important aspects of the avian diversity of the United States.