hovering
adj.adj. staying in one place in the air without moving forward. It also describes someone who stays very close to you while waiting for something.
adj. remaining suspended in one place in the air; by extension, remaining in a state of uncertainty or staying near a person or object expectantly. Often used as a participial adjective to describe a physical state or a social behavior.
The hovering bird stayed perfectly still in the wind.
I found the hovering presence of the waiter a bit distracting while I was trying to read the menu.
The drone remained hovering above the forest canopy, its high-resolution cameras capturing every movement of the herd below without disturbing their natural behavior.
Often follows a linking verb like 'remain' or 'stay', or precedes a noun as a modifier.