birder

[ bur-der ]

/ ˈbɜr dər /

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noun

a person who raises birds.

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Origin of birder

1475–85 for earlier sense “bird-catcher”; 1820–30 for def. 1; bird + -er¹

“Anything that serves as a potential roadblock for younger, diverse birders to join the flock is something that I’m against,” he says.
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A salmonellosis outbreak isn’t a dealbreaker for backyard birders, but it is a call to ensure we take whatever steps we can to keep our feathered friends safe.
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Avoid scaring birds away, both for their sake and for other birders.
A concise guide to birding in your own backyard|Erin E. Williams|December 11, 2020|Washington Post
Essentially, this means that birders can keep tabs on one another.
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That means people in the area could pick up on four times as many calls, helping to explain why birders noticed an increase in birdsong.
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It is hard now, some seventy years later, to appreciate how revolutionary this small green book was for the budding birder.
Book Bag: Terry Tempest Williams’s Birding Bibles|Terry Tempest Williams|March 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But a birder understands that the swift flight of a rare breed trumps all.
‘The Central Park Effect’ Explores the Magical Power of Birding|Rebecca Dana|July 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST