Meaning: They saw their mother land smoothly on the nest.
Choice of Words: Land means to come down to the ground from the air. Gracefully means in a smooth and elegant manner.
Alternative Expressions
The group of onlookers witnessed the bird's graceful descent to its nest.
Meaning: This means that a group of people were watching as a bird came down to its nest in a smooth and elegant manner.
Choice of Words:Group refers to a number of people together. Onlookers are people who are watching something. Witnessed means to see or observe something happen. Graceful means in a smooth and elegant way. Descent refers to the movement of coming down from a higher place to a lower place. Nest refers to a structure built by a bird to lay eggs and raise young.
The spectators observed the bird's elegant landing upon its abode.
Meaning: This means that people were watching as a bird came down to its nest in a graceful and stylish manner.
Choice of Words:Spectators are people who are watching something. Observed means to look at something with attention. Elegant means in a graceful and stylish way. Landing means to come down to the ground or a surface after being in the air. Abode refers to a place where someone or something lives.