Cute, Feathery Roadblock

Is he another moody bird, or a cute, feathery roadblock that has to be overcome? He's totally both of those things.
This bird character is one of the many spatial/logic puzzles you have to figure out in the Message in a Bottle.

Character Study: Pencil drawing with Derwent and Prismacolor colored pencils and 3D work done with Blender 3d (2.8)