A second wing beat, and he was high enough to be above the water.

When in flight, they have a very heavy wing beat and are slow.

All white, it always flew with strong wing beats, and was usually going east or west.

It flew so close that I could actually feel the air moving from its wing beats.

Without missing a wing beat, he bore her high above the city and flew on.

Because females have such large wings, each wing beat will carry it a long way.

The wing beat has been described as "fluid" by some observers.

I heard the faintest sound, like a fairy's wing beat.

The sudden burr of a wing beat sounded off to the left.

He is so easy to identify by his rapid, shallow wing beats.

Active flight is slow and deliberate, with deep wing beats.

The wing beats are heavy and the sound produced by birds in flight can be heard from a distance.

I calmed it by breathing in time with quick wing beats.

To hear them, one must be calm and pay close attention, for their wing beats are barely audible.

Once she has had a romantic rendezvous, the female subtly changes her wing beat.

The wing beats served the same purpose as spoilers on race cars.

Flight fairly fast though with seemingly slow wing beats, but more often runs.

However, the black swan can be distinguished by its much longer neck and slower wing beat.

He took several tentative wing beats and then launched.

Birds also have a variance in wing beat frequency.

With every wing beat, they drew nearer to escape.

Its wing beats lash the seas of the four realms.

When flushed, they usually fly up before scattering away with noisy wing beats.

In flight, this bird has powerful, shallow, and flexible wing beats.

Moments later, the birds lifted off the water in a clatter of wing beats.