Timed Movieclips...Is this Possible?

Is it possible to set a time limit on when a movie will play it’s animation?

So…say I have Movieclip-1 that has an animation of a bird flying across the screen. Is it possible to assign a time that the bird animation has to wait before starting over again from the beginning? I’m trying to avoid a loop that occurs every time the animation finishes so it doesn’t look awkwardly fast. Or do I just have to create a bunch of blank frame for the timeline to run through before looping again?

Thanks for any help :slight_smile:

-Ind