Travelling to a new region as a dedicated PSLer is great fun, although exhausting. I estimate I hit a good 500 new world species on my recent trip to the mid US.
I doubt I will do a lot of travel this summer beyond that, so my odds for new ABA area ticks are pretty limited. Probably herps are my best shot, but I completely whiffed on any sort of serious try this summer locally, where there are quite a few really cool species. Didn't do horrible in Florida...at least I finally did some successful road-cruising, even if diversity was limited.
I am hiring a private guide, so I will be hitting the usual Mindo area destinations (basically my trip is sort of a modified version of the Tropical Birding Andes Introtour, although with cheaper accommodations).
OK, I'm resurrecting this old thread, more as a reminder of my start point for 2017, as I expect this year to be a good year for new species: I'll be in the US for vacation in the summer, a country in which I currently have a grand total of 11 species (8 bird species, two mammals, one plant!).
So, the "score-on-the-doors" as of the start of this year:
Total: 1186
Birds: 476
Plants: 324
Arthropods: 208
Mammals: 65
Fungi: 46
Reptiles & Amphibians: 16
Fish: 11
Chromista: 7
Other animals: 30
Others: 3
End of year target: >1500