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bird-watching

  • a word derived from bird-watch.
    bird-watch
    verb (used without object)
    to identify wild birds and observe their actions and habits in their natural habitat as a recreation.
  • a word derived from bird-watcher.
    bird watcher
    noun
    a person who identifies and observes birds in their natural habitat as a recreation.

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While others were perfecting their sourdough loaves or getting into bird-watching during the pandemic, Facundo Monteiro Kempf, a 35-year-old who works in cybersecurity for Microsoft, was memorizing Burgundian vineyard classifications.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Attendees also gathered for guided bird-watching along the bike path by the water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

What’s different this time is that the couple who are considered the index case went bird-watching in Chile, Argentina and Uruguay before boarding the cruise ship, according to the World Health Organization.

From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026

The Boys Of Dungeon Lane was inspired by his childhood in post-war Liverpool, and named after a road in Speke that leads to the Mersey shore, where the young McCartney would spend afternoons bird-watching.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

“I will think of bird-watching and only bird-watching,” she told herself sternly.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

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