Sentence examples for a vast flock from inspiring English sources

This collaboration relies upon the many and varied skills found within a vast flock of people, institutions, and collections.

The phenomenon turns out to be a vast flock of monarch butterflies, whose disrupted migration pattern has catapulted them wildly off course.

Around 49 hectares previously used for peat cutting and subsequently low lying have been flooded, creating a haven for (today) a vast flock of teal, numerous mallard, coot, wigeon and a family of mute swans with two youngsters.

That was Sept. 15, at the height of the southward migration of broad-winged hawks, when a vast flock of the birds, called a kettle, passed by the mountain.

A sequence of extraordinary events – beginning with a vast flock of birds driving off a horde of elephant-riding Abyssinians just prior to his birth – suggest that far from a very naughty boy, this might be the messiah they have on their hands.

And as the leader of such a vast flock, he brings global attention to Argentina – something that wasn't lost on the local immigrant community, even those who aren't part of the church.

Although he arrived in New York with a solid reputation as a skilled administrator, Archbishop Edward M. Egan showed yesterday that he saw his new role as being a teacher to his vast flock, too, fulfilling an essential role of a priest.

A century ago, vast flocks of passenger pigeons covered the North American skies.

Spring and autumn offer a different draw again as vast flocks of migrating birds take a break on Oualidia's wetlands and reefs - twitchers stand to tick pink flamingos, storks, egrets and waders off their lists as they tan.

On the Ijsselmeer, a man-made lake so large it's like a small sea, there are vast flocks of duck - often so distant you can barely identify the species.

Here we marvelled at vast flocks of waterbirds, with a dozen species of ducks, sixteen different kinds of herons, storks and ibises – including the wonderfully named intermediate egret – and a pair of Himalayan goldenbacks.