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video at https://youtu.be/BCeU7661ycw I saw the Jabiru briefly fly up from the reeds at apx. 10:15 and drop back down. I was able to watch this area as a tractor was heading in that direction. This allowed me to actually capture it coming up from the reeds at 10:35. I videoed it for about six minutes in flight until about 10:41. When it first flew up it did quite a bit of wing flapping to get quite high, after it was 100 yards or so up, there was very little wing flaps as it continued to circle higher and higher. In slo-mo you can see it looking around a bit. I also saw it bend it's head under and appear to preen it's chest at least three times. Once I quit following it I could not get back on it at that distance. Third sight was at 11:06 when I videoed it once again for about a minute. It reappeared on the opposite side of the road and was flying lower. Someone stopped to ask what we were doing and I could not relocate.