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bird-watcher

noun

bird-watch·​er ˈbərd-ˌwä-chər How to pronounce bird-watcher (audio)

Examples of bird-watcher in a Sentence

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Best Times to Visit For bird-watchers and foliage seekers, fall is the ideal time to experience the diverse wildlife and coastal sites of Cambridge. Katie Riley, Travel + Leisure, 15 Nov. 2025 This is why Amy Cooper’s employer, an investment firm, was free to terminate her following her 2020 verbal dispute in New York’s Central Park with a bird-watcher over her unleashed dog. Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025 The Vintage Sedan, for instance, introduces us to a trespassing bird-watcher who has cut his leg on rusty barbed wire. Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025 The town is perhaps best known as the jumping-off point for a trip to Dragney Island, but the seas were too rough that day to visit that island—a bird-watcher’s paradise and home to a famed outlaw in ancient Icelandic lore. Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 7 Aug. 2025 Hunters and bird-watchers alike were frustrated with the agency’s leadership. Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025 For bird-watchers, this is the most thrilling time of the year. Kate Wong, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2025 Getty The Everglades Closer to home, the Florida Everglades is a bird-watcher’s paradise where more than 360 species can be spotted. David Escribano, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1803, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bird-watcher was in 1803

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“Bird-watcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bird-watcher. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.

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bird-watcher

noun
bird-watch·​er
ˈbərd-ˌwäch-ər
: an observer of wild birds
bird-watch
-ˌwäch
verb
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