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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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2023

He recalled that Katherine, an avid bird watcher, said she wanted to be cremated and to have her remains scattered in the Montrose Beach area of Chicago, where there is a bird sanctuary.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2022

I’m a rotten bird watcher — I don’t know one bird from the other — but I know a bit more this year than I did last, I’ll tell you that.

From New York Times ● Dec. 25, 2020

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 want to say it was the happiest day of my life, but I have two children,” said Debra Schiff, 69, a bird-watcher, while admiring a turtle at the lagoon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026

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

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

He posted a series of short-form videos on social media in which he told viewers to “come with me as a 32-year-old hungover bird-watcher in New York.”

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2025

Hours before George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis, Black bird-watcher Christian Cooper was doing what he loved in New York’s most famous park.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2023

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

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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