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• bird watcher
  bird watcher

  noun

  a person who identifies and observes birds in their natural habitat as a recreation.
• bird-watcher
  bird-watcher

  noun

  a person who studies wild birds in their natural surroundings

bird watcher

American  

Or birdwatcher

noun

1. a person who identifies and observes birds in their natural habitat as a recreation.

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bird-watcher British  

noun

1. a person who studies wild birds in their natural surroundings

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Other Word Forms

• bird-watching
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of bird watcher

First recorded in 1900–05

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bird watcher bird-watcher

“This is huge. This is unbelievable,” said Edelhuber, an avid bird watcher and photographer.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2023

That's one reason why we say birder instead of bird watcher.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2023

A former Olympian hammer thrower, Gillard had recently become an avid bird watcher and photographer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2023

Keen bird watcher Dragan Simic said he did not care about the statue.

From Reuters ● Nov. 15, 2018

Miss Ellis was looking at the two of them like a bird watcher onto a rare species.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson

I take so many breaks that I could just as easily be mistaken for a bird-watcher as a skier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

What’s especially charming about the latter is that Gary, a nerdy sweetheart who lives alone with his two cats and is an avid bird-watcher, is clearly the opposite of danger.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

A bird-watcher and nature lover had the rare experience of having a hoopoe visit her.

From BBC ● May 2, 2024

This she overlays with audio of Amy Cooper, who, when an African American bird-watcher asked her to leash her dog in Central Park, infamously called 911 to report him as a threat.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2021

What changes a small boy from a bird-watcher into a Gestapo inquisitor?

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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