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

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Now that Hawaii is in the ABA Area , the next additions should be Puerto Rico and the U.S. 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. But even with Hawaii, there are many U.S.

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The Terns of Tern Island

10,000 Birds

Around 100,000 of these terns breed on almost every available space on the island, and walking through groups of them is a deafening and quite painful experience. Along with Nihoa Island this is the only place this species occurs in Hawaii. The most dominant tern species on Tern Island is the Sooty Tern.

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The Economic Impact of Birding on National Wildlife Refuges: Creating Local Jobs

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The economic impact of refuge visitation is broad: Recreational visitors pay for recreation through entrance fees, lodging near the refuge, and purchases from local businesses for items to pursue their recreational experience. Kilauea Point NWR (Hawaii): 1,148,000; $34.3 Forsythe NWR (New Jersey): 306,000; $6.0 million; 50 jobs.

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Shearwater Chase in Costa Rica

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They covered so much water so quickly, so effortlessly, I understood how they could wander from Hawaii to Costa Rica, make steady constant progress over countless kilometers of waves and deep blue water. Most photos in this post were taken by Diego Quesada of Birding Experiences.

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Incentives and Rewards: A Closer Look

Sales and Marketing Management

A highly imprecise reward is a day at the spa or a dinner for two or a trip to Hawaii. In this way, the gift giver hasn’t evaluated their experience at the party, then gone to the wine shop to pick out a wine of appropriate value. Dr. Jeffrey found higher motivational power from promoting the prize as just “a trip to Hawaii.”.

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The Science of Motivation

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Because from the beginning, Starbucks has offered an experience worth valuing. Three years later, these same students were asked about their experience and both groups responded with the same level of satisfaction: a lot better than expected for the students in the shoddy dorm and a little worse for the students in the new, cool dorm.

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Group travel is down, but not out

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Would it really be a motivational experience if I couldn’t stand at the bar and celebrate freely with my fellow qualifiers?” It may not match the experience that a couple hundred top performers can have when they gather together in Hawaii, but these are times for compromise. Covid-19 has no chance of killing incentive travel.

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