Occasionally, one would flap off, an exotic vision slowly flying into the green salt marsh beyond.
Sea iguana On Española, amid wall-to-wall sea lions and their little pups, Tojo's getting tetchier by the minute as some of his flock flap off before he's finished spouting.
As he watched, one bird joined another on the topmost twig, and then a third joined these two and the twig became radically crescent, and all three birds flapped off to where his eyes could not follow them.
Ideally, you need support for your arches (so they don't collapse under the heft), a modest lift in the heel, and something other than scrunched toes to keep your shoes from flapping off your feet when you walk.
Red kites have perfected the snatch-and-grab technique of hunting, lunging feet-first to seize prey and then flapping off triumphantly with their catch, often with other kites in pursuit.
OK! I'm just a pigeon!" He flaps off happily, back to his wolves, tail wagging.
Its success comes as Harry Potter has finally flapped off with his posse of wizards, owls and dementors: the seemingly endless adaptations of JK Rowling's books were the most successful films in six of the past 12 years.
"They were about two-thirds this size when we put them in," said Mr. Katz, a doctoral candidate at the University of California, Davis, as the plump fry flapped off his palm and into the water.
It opens its bill in threat, but then flaps off.
The significant economic data due over the next few days has given those with a nervous disposition ample reason to flap, resulting in substantial sell-offs in almost all the major markets worldwide.
