bird-watcher

noun

bird-watch·​er ˈbərd-ˌwä-chər How to pronounce bird-watcher (audio)

Examples of bird-watcher in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Last year’s count totaled more than 147,000 checklists submitted from amateur bird-watchers in more than 100 countries. Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024 Located in the heart of a nature reserve that had been witnessing a tourism revival, Beit Jann normally sees thousands of weekend visitors: bird-watchers, backpackers, and couples looking for a romantic getaway in one of its dozens of guesthouses. Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Jan. 2024 Is the Harvard plagiarism story simply not as pressing or newsworthy as, say, a negative interaction between a dog-walker and a bird-watcher in Central Park? Becket Adams, National Review, 17 Dec. 2023 With a brisk, hobbling stride, Stan Herman trotted past bird-watchers and leaf-peepers in Central Park the other day. Bob Morris, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023 The arrival of warblers, vireos and other colorful birds last week has excited Britain’s twitching community — enthusiastic bird-watchers who will travel long distances to view new or unusual species. Derrick Bryson Taylor, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023 Birds that were once rare in New York City have been making more frequent appearances in recent years, to the thrill of local bird-watchers. Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2023 Grandjean, an enthusiastic bird-watcher with the extravagant eyebrows of a rockhopper penguin, had fond memories of banding storm petrels in the Faroes in his late teens and was familiar with the grindadráp. Kim Tingley, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023 Flaco, who is shaped like a gorgeous urn and has orange eyes lit up like fire, gained more and more admirers every day as bird-watchers, tourists, and regular New Yorkers alike followed him around and snapped photos. Curbed, 21 Feb. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1803, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bird-watcher was in 1803

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“Bird-watcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bird-watcher. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

bird-watcher

noun
bird-watch·​er
ˈbərd-ˌwäch-ər
: an observer of wild birds
bird-watch
-ˌwäch
verb
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