soaring
• (a.) Standing, but with the wings spread, as if about to fly; -- said of a bird borne as a charge on an escutcheon.
Es'so·rant adjective [ French] (Her.) Standing, but with the wings spread, as if about to fly; -- said of a bird borne as a charge on an escutcheon. 
In heraldry, essorant describes a charge of a bird borne on an escutcheon standing, but with the wings spread, as if it is about to fly.