bird-watcher

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bird watcher

or bird·watch·er also bird-watch·er (bûrd′wŏch′ər)

A person who observes and identifies birds in their natural surroundings.

bird watching n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

bird-watcher

a person who studies wild birds in their natural surroundings

ˈbird-ˌwatching n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

Translations

bird-watcher

[ˈbɜːdwɒtʃəʳ<> N → observador(a) m/f de aves

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bird-watcher

[ˈbɜːdˈwɒtʃəʳ] n → bird watcher m/f inv

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

References in periodicals archive ?

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Sure to inspire the bird-watcher in everyone, nature, conservation, and an appreciation of both are the key components of this feather-friendly venture.

On Bird Hill

The actress, best known for Abigail's Party, Gavin And Stacey and The Syndicate, is also a bit of a bird-watcher and her trip brings her sightings of puffins, and guillemots as well as some of Shetland's other wildlife - otters, seals, and of course, ponies.

WE LOVE DOCUMENTARY ALISON STEADMAN'S SHETLAND (9pm ITV)

Detective Goodman (Kris Marshall, right) is on the case when a keen bird-watcher is murdered while trying to spot a rare parrot.

3 TO SEE; TUESDAY February 18

Summary: A British bird-watcher was trampled to death by an elephant near a southern Indian tiger ...

Elephant kills British bird watcher in India park

Bird-watcher's bible; a complete treasury; science, know-how, beauty, lore.

Bird-watcher's bible; a complete treasury; science, know-how, beauty, lore

And that's a statement which keen bird-watcher Jonathan Lane, of New Mill, knows to be true.

WISE OWLS AT HOME; Delight for twitchers as tawnies roost together

Keen bird-watcher Vincent Pinnington slipped and fell to his death on the Great Orme

He fell on falcon quest; INQUEST TOLD OF 82-YR-OLD'S CLIFF TRAGEDY

Bird-watcher Horatio Clare's mission to follow the migratory path of the common barn swallow may not be your usual bag of birdseed but that's no reason to let this excellent piece of travel writing fly past.

SWITCH OFF

BIRD-WATCHER Brian O'Shea has published a book about the changing countryside after yearly trips to Allesley Village, in Coventry, where he grew up.

Brian's old haunts hold a country tale; WILDLIFE: Former city man charts the changes which have taken place in countryside

Line drawings in black and white blend with naturalists' quotes and reflections on birds, presenting many fine first-person reflections on what makes a bird-watcher, amazing migration feats, unusual nesting habits, and more--all imparted with a tender first-person reflective tone.

Fulcrum Publishing

In a black and white photo from the '50s, a tough no-nonsense-looking girl in checked business suit sits in her fancy car studying a bird-watcher's guide with one foot on the open door and her skirt up, revealing her pantiless majesty.