noun
a person who identifies and observes birds in their natural habitat as a recreation.
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Origin of bird watcher
First recorded in 1900–05
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How to use bird watcher in a sentence
It would be like if after the 40th pipe in Flappy Bird was a scarecrow.
While the chicken today might be the least exotic bird one can think of, it was once a gift that wowed kings.
Exactly when the transition to modern domestic creature took place, for a bird that is wild to this day, is controversial.
Mistletoes on mesquite trees in central Mexico have been linked to a greater abundance of tropical bird species.
He really believed that enumerating the bird population gave understanding.
Fourteen genera, representing about 19 species, of Mallophaga are reported for 20 different species of bird hosts.
The grass had a delightful fragrance, like new-mown hay, and was neatly wound around the tunnel, like the inside of a bird's-nest.
Many of his bird neighbors,p. 31 for instance, liked the same things to eat that he did.
Although the bird people didn't know it, he was anxious to reach his grandchildren.
And then Jolly Robin would feel ashamed that he had even thought of being so cruel to an infant bird, even if he was a Cowbird.
British Dictionary definitions for bird watcher
noun
a person who studies wild birds in their natural surroundings
Derived forms of bird-watcher
bird-watching, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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