There is a deal of grace here, too!
Ibis are among more than a few birds which appear “awkward” when on terra firma – or on slushier ground, or enjoying the local tip, sitting atop your roof, or “dealing with” a rubbish bin – but are decidedly elegant, aloft.
Both pictured individuals were only seconds away from roosting.
The transitions from “soaring, high above” to “landing gear down, wheeling and descending”, and then to “precision-landing on a sometimes already-crowded branch” are achieved astonishingly quickly, with a deal of spectacular, sometimes-balletic aerobatics.
