How to Use birder in a Sentence
birder
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Word had it a birder was even on a flight from New York to see it.
—Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2021
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Word had it a birder was even on a flight from New York to see it.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 June 2021
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The state is a birder’s paradise with 566 species to check off your list.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 Nov. 2020
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A good birder might have a life list of hundreds of species.
—Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2017
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The island has about 300 tourists a year, most of them hardcore birders.
—WIRED, 15 July 2023
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Any birders out there with a guess? Reading this on your phone?
—Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2017
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The raptor fluttered from the gloved palm of a birder and into the woods of Ruth Arcand Park.
—Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 24 May 2022
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Among them are some of the more sought after species for local birders.
—Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 12 May 2017
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Chris, who has put his PhD on hold, passes his days as a birder.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 18 Apr. 2025
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No other birders have been able to spot the bird since Sanchez photographed it.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
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But for now, North Texas birders feel hopeful about their return to the area, Collins said.
—Noor Adatia, Dallas News, 5 May 2023
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But at Bryant Park, amid the birders, the tourists and the library patrons, a backstage was not available.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 4 June 2024
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This field guide is considered the best for new birders.
—Fox News, 2 Jan. 2025
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Michael Lathroum, who is also an avid birder, came and helped get the owl off a busy stretch of the highway.
—Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2018
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Bird-watch in the Ballona Wetlands Take a three-hour field trip to a birder’s paradise.
—Michael Charboneau, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
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Burns said birders could spot over 100 hawks in the Anza-Borrego Desert each day.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024
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For New York City birders, the duck seemed to illustrate the specifics of a global problem.
—Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2020
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These are a great choice for the ballpark or general use, but not as good for birders and hunters.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2024
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Stylish binoculars Looking for a gift for the birder in your life?
—Erica Finamore, wsj.com, 19 Sep. 2023
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The Sky Islands are a paradise for birds and birders, but there are concerns about the future.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
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Roughly 95% of those birders do so from the comfort of their own backyards.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
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Cooper, a Black man and an avid birder, asked the woman to leash her dog, as the law required, so as not to disturb the wildlife.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2023
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Bird strike records in Alaska reads like a birder’s checklist, from ravens to owls to pipits to killdeer.
—David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2022
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But the elision of bird-birder-birding somehow touched the beyond, and birding is now the word of choice....
—Laura Jacobs, WSJ, 17 May 2019
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The birders go off in search of other bird songs, and the herpetologists head out to chase frogs into the night.
—Richard Conniff, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
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Lifelong birder Jim Williams can be reached at woodduck38@gmail.com.
—Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 29 Sep. 2020
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Lifelong birder Jim Williams can be reached at woodduck38@gmail.com.
—Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 27 Oct. 2020
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Lifelong birder Jim Williams can be reached at woodduck38@gmail.com.
—Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 24 Nov. 2020
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Lifelong birder Jim Williams can be reached at woodduck38@gmail.com.
—Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 8 Sep. 2020
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The refuge’s dunes and salt marshes are a birder’s paradise with species like bald eagles, terns, songbirds, and various waterfowl migrating in and out throughout the year.
—Madeline Weinfield, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024
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