Immature Northern Mockingbird: Wells Estuarine Research Reserve at Laudholm Farms, Wells, Maine, USA, August 2026 — Perhaps because this bird is young (you can tell by the mottling on the breast and the dull eye) and does not know any better, it let me walk up fairly close. I would take a burst of photos, take 3 steps forward, and then take another burst. When it did fly, it only flew up into a tree not much further away. Sony RX10 V at 600mm equivalent, with a crop to 840mm equivalent field of view. My custom Birds and Wildlife shooting mode. Processed in Photomator.