Eastern Bluebird: Kennebunk, Maine, USA, October 2026 — Gotta love the fall in Southern Maine. Crisp days. Trees coloring up nicely. Lots of birds at the feeder, and more passing through along the forest edges and windrows in the marsh. This is either the adult male just coming out of molt, or a male from the first brood of this season just coming into full adult plumage. Hard to tell. And doing one of its bluebird things—looking right at me and highly suspicious of my intentions. Still, they pose nicely in the late afternoon October light, against the colors of autumn. Can’t ask for anything better. Sony a7CR with Sony FE 100–400 f5.6–8 at 400mm. Cropped to 20mp so about 700mm effective field of view. My custom bird and wildlife mode. Processed in Photomator.