A flock of swans drifting on the water behind it rose into the sky, wings pumping frantically.

She shrugged again and watched a flock of birds rise from the interior of the island.

The flock rose like an angry belch of smoke when Mandy opened the door.

Then, with a sharp sound like tearing cloth, the entire flock rose into the air.

A man's scream broke the dawn silence and flocks of birds rose from the trees screeching in panic.

A flock of crows rose, squawking over a distant hilltop.

Moving as one, the flocks circled Neskaya and rose skyward.

I saw a whole flock of them rise from the cliffs and soar.

But a half mile away, a huge flock of black birds rose from the canopy like a dark mist.

A flock of seabirds startled by the vessel's splashing entrance rose into the air above.