Lowering his long, powerful neck until it pointed straight out in front of him like a lance, he streaked across the water, straight at the keeper, his wings beating the air, his feet beating the water.
But it's a natural habitat for the albatross you find yourself watching through a foggy pane as it floats on air blowing across the water's surface-gliding tightly down one enormous wave and then tightly up the next.
Here and there shimmered a sail; gulls, with an even balancing of their wings, skimmed the water, and then rose with a more strenuous movement, while over the gardens, high in the air, the goshawks hovered.
The well-known crack of a rifle, whose ball came skipping along the placid surface of the strait, and a shrill yell from the island, interrupted his speech, and announced that their passage was discovered.
Forbidden to stir even a hand, and almost afraid to breath, lest they should expose the frail fabric to the fury of the stream, the passengers watched the glancing waters in feverish suspense.
I've been surrounded by dolphins in the middle of the ocean, had seals play beside me, seen flying fish scoot 50 meters across the water in front of me.
" This is as far as we go, unless you have a man inside to lift the gate for us" . His whispers scurried across the lapping water like a line of mice on soft pink feet.
Aru waved her hands like an orchestra conductor, and the mirror followed her movements, swooping and spinning, rising high and dropping so low that its silvery surface skimmed the water.