First recorded in 1900–05
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“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
My husband is a quiet man, a reader and bird watcher who takes pictures of clouds.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 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
When you imagine a chiseled athlete, a bird-watcher is probably not the first thing you think of.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
In her new book, "A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird," Mosco, a bird-watcher and science communicator, argues that our ignorant assumptions about pigeons are all wrong.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2021
I had also become a fanatical bird-watcher by the age of seven.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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