European Starling and Eastern Bluebird: Kennebunk, Maine, USA, December 2025 — One of the Kennebunk flock of Starlings has apparently attached itself to our family of Bluebirds. It is often at the feeders with them. Fortunately it is quite sensitive to my disapproval and flies off if I appear at the deck door…while the bluebirds (confident in my approval) remain. (And how’s that for anthropomorphism?) Unfortunately I cannot bring myself to welcome the starling to our little circle of bird friends…mainly because it can eat its body weight in mealworms at one sitting, not leaving any for the bluebirds and titmice, and chickadees (or the woodpeckers for that matter). Sony a6700. Sigma 16-300 at 450mm equivalent field of view. Program with birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator. Taken through double-glazed deck doors.