Pine Warbler: Kennebunk, Maine, USA, April 2026 — Pine Warblers, as I have said recently, are always among the first to arrive in Southern Maine (and a few winter over). We have had them coming for mealworms and suet (I even saw one take a sunflower seed yesterday) for several days now. They (or he, hard to tell) were particularly present on the snow day we had a few days ago, and this one posed nicely on the snowy deck rail. Of course, it is a total projection on my part to attribute doubt or regret to the bird in the face of a snowy day, but I don’t seem to be able to help myself, and the bird does have, to my eye, an air of “what am I doing here?” I am slowly learning not to wish my time away, ever, whatever, and maybe the Pine Warbler has known that all along. Sony a6700. Sigma 16-300 Contemporary at about 600mm equivalent field of view. Program with bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.