Three close by, and numerous others beyond, were pecking up grain left from the harvest.
Eduardo Rubio's flute darted and pecked up above, with insistent melody lines that doubled as percussive interjections.
Like a hot-dog bun beset by seagulls, the archive has been pulled apart and pecked up; it has been digested by computers and referred to by more than three thousand academic papers.
One of her children's teachers suggested that she apply for public housing; a year and a half ago, the four-bedroom apartment in Wilbur Peck opened up.
Keep it steady as the bird pecks once or twice, or let it peck for up to five seconds when it demonstrates unusually good behavior.
I fundamentally do not think Arsene Wenger would eat a worm, however, if he did – and he wouldn't, but if he did, I just know, deep down, that he would eat it like this: bending perfectly straight in the middle, tipping his entire upper body forward to the ground, pecking it up like a bird would.
Every morning at ten o'clock, as author stood at the kitchen sink finishing the breakfast dishes, she could hear him pecking up the street on his wooden leg.
Every morning at ten o'clock, as author stood at the kitchen sink finishing the breakfast dishes, she could hear him pecking up the street on….
By Dorothy Day Every morning at ten o'clock, as I stood at the kitchen sink and finished the breakfast dishes, I could hear him pecking up the street on his wooden leg.
