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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Richard Klim" data-source="post: 2370022" data-attributes="member: 773"><p>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.</p></blockquote><p></p>