bird-watcher

noun

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

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The results showed that expert bird-watchers had structural brain differences compared with novices, regardless of age. Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026 Pea said approximately 400 bird species have been documented on the river over the years, and the area attracts bird-watchers from across the United States and beyond, particularly when rare sightings are reported on apps like eBird. Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2026 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 Hall’s community of advocates — an assortment of conservationists, bird-watchers and other neighbors — plans to again express its concerns at the fall meeting, but in the meantime, the group is turning to city commissions to put pressure on the department. Tom Li, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Aug. 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

Word History

First Known Use

1803, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bird-watcher was in 1803

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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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