My total for this family now stands at 56, with 10 new additions...mostly from my two month long adventure in Ecuador:
47) Tropical Parula
48) Townsend's Warbler in Florida, USA
49) Cerulean Warbler
50) Olive-crowned Yellowthroat
51) Spectacled Whitestart
52) Gray-and-gold Warbler
52) Golden-bellied Warbler
53) Citrine Warbler
54) Black-crested Warbler
55) Russet-crowned Warbler
56) Three-banded Warbler
Carlos
Carlos, nice to get the Kirkland's in Florida! Was it difficult to find?
105 following IOC. Red and Red-faced Warblers both pretty near the top.
If you count Olive Warbler, as well as Yellow-breasted Chat and the Granatellus then I'll have another five.
That bird brings back some memories, Larry. Some years ago, my wife and I spent two weeks birding in New England. With a couple of days to spare, we suddenly thought, why not go for Kirtland's! We managed the 925-mile drive from Amherst, Massachusetts to Grayling, Michigan in under 15 hours – the long way round through Pennsylvania and Ohio because Budget didn't allow non-US/Canadian drivers to take its rental cars into Canada without special arrangements – amazingly without a single speeding ticket, and only stopping to swap drivers, refuel or take a pee. The Kirtland's Warblers performed memorably the next morning on the USF&WS tour, and even after some birding stops we made it back as far as Buffalo, NY by nightfall.Perhaps this year I will be able to get up to Michigan and add the Kirtland's Warbler to my list.