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bird-nesting

British  

noun

  1. searching for birds' nests as a hobby, often to steal the eggs

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He "didn't take school very seriously" and recalled playing truant one day with his friend - the headmaster's son - "to go bird-nesting".

From BBC Jul. 29, 2023

They range, she said, from bird-nesting areas of less than an acre to expanses of more than 40 acres, where coyotes, eagles, otters and other land creatures gambol beneath bald eagles and red-tailed hawks.

From Washington Times Apr. 2, 2017

In the bird-nesting season, I climbed to positions in trees from which I could look down and watch birds building nests or nesting or feeding the nestlings.

From The New Yorker Nov. 24, 2014

While bird-nesting one time in company with another boy, we found a robin’s nest in a bank at the foot of a great ash tree.

From Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites by Stables, Gordon

Julian began to tell about bird-nesting over there when he was a boy.

From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth

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