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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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Example Sentences

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bird watcher bird-watcher

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

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2023

It was a fitting occurrence that honored a man whom friends described as an avid bird watcher.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2023

A black bird watcher, Christian Cooper, asked Amy Cooper to leash her dog in Central Park.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2022

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

"You look at people the way a bird-watcher looks at birds," said a friend.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

When you imagine a chiseled athlete, a bird-watcher is probably not the first thing you think of.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2024

Tammah Watts remembers the exact moment she became a bird-watcher.

From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2022

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

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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