Method 1
Add a new animation "Flying" in the animation bar. Add its frames in the animation frames panel.
Event
On start of layout
Action
Bird start animation "Flying"
Event
On mouse click on the bird
Action
Bird start new animation (this animation could be the one which you use for game running).
Method 2
Instead of one sprite two animations. Have two sprites and once you tap the first sprite hide it and use second sprite.