While finishing dinner on our deck I heard some CHICKADEES and  
TITMICE chattering as they came through and decided to see if there  
were any hangers-on.  I'm glad I did.  First a BLACK AND WHITE  
WARBLER made an appearance, and then a striking male AMERICAN  
REDSTART.  A fall immature female CHESTNUT-SIDED was next.  I believe  
that the fourth was a first winter female MAGNOLIA, but its pale gray  
neckband was faint, not nearly as sharp as Sibley shows.  A female  
CANADA put in an appearance, and then finally a faded BLACK-THROATED  
GREEN.  I had pretty good looks at all of them before they moved on,  
and then they decided to put in a second appearance, with more great  
looks - at one point I almost hit the close-focusing limit of my  
binoculars when looking at the black-throated green.

To top it all off, two NIGHTHAWKS flew over, and I saw another two on  
a walk later.  Oddly, they were all headed in a northerly direction.

Paul