winter-wren:
8:43 am - a very unusual perch.
winter-wren:
8:46 Close-up, same perch.
winter-wren:
8:46 A good look at the feet.
winter-wren:
8:46
winter-wren:
8:46. Head feathers wayy up.
winter-wren:
8:46 off he goes
winter-wren:
Good view of the upper wing...
winter-wren:
It's not just the photo: the flight seems a bit unsymmetrical.
winter-wren:
8:46
winter-wren:
8:46
winter-wren:
8:47 The eagle reappears on the next headland
winter-wren:
8:47 Cropped view
winter-wren:
8:47 Cropped and lightened.
winter-wren:
8:48:05 Now just sitting there with wings akimbo
winter-wren:
8:48:11 Cropped and lightened
winter-wren:
8:48:19
winter-wren:
8:48:24 takeoff. He stood there with wings open for 20 seconds.
winter-wren:
Cropped view.
winter-wren:
8:48:27 Right wing touching the water at each beat, 3 seconds after takeoff.
winter-wren:
Wing beat sequence
winter-wren:
IMG_4470
winter-wren:
IMG_4471
winter-wren:
Flora Islet ahead, but he's going to the smaller islet to the left of it.
winter-wren:
9:03 On the islet, after a few minutes
winter-wren:
9:15 still on the islet. He's moved by short fleaps and walking.