JJ6 (Doddie) has been wingstretching, hopping and almost helicoptering for days, and did finally achieve a helicopter. He continued practising through the night 17-18 July, and this morning at 06.13.29, with a couple of shakes of his wings, he was off - JJ6 has fledged! He flew strongly and confidently, and stayed away for more than five hours, returning at 11.39.35 with a smooth landing as if he's been flying a lot longer than just this first flight. Captured here are the moments before he fledges, the actual first flight, and his return.
I wanted to set this real-time sequence to music and "the 'Ocean" by Frédéric Chopin seems to fit perfectly for a bird which lives on a diet of fish, with many thanks to Anastasia Huppmann for allowing her performance to be used under creative commons. Link to her full performance: • Chopin ocean etude op ...
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