Bonding Ritual

Popeye is showing good signs of improvement and getting back to his old self. Yesterday he took over his nest guarding duties although still resting his bad left leg, even on the nest. Today he was obliged to chase another young Swan out of the river, and found no difficulty with take off or landing. To reassure Penny his mate, he then started the bonding ritual (short vid below) and noticeably was using his bad leg again. This is the 3rd day of antibiotics, so I'm now confident he will make a full recovery very soon with no further intervention