to bird
- verb
- /bɜrd/
- Let us say you are out birding on the trail alone.
- go birding
- to bird-watch
Examples
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"I started birding when I was seventeen and have continued to enjoy it ever since.
Blog text (3) -
Look, when I'm birding, I don't fly first class or hire guides.
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I have been interested in birding for many years, but only recently became serious about it.
Blog text (5) -
I have been out there a few times birding.
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I still go birding most weekends.
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You're the one that wanted to go birding.
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November is not known for its "birdiness," but birding is birding, all the same.
Blog text (14) -
Audubon Ohio saw conservation potential in restoring Whittier Peninsula, where some members bird-watched.
Blog text (29) -
Instantly I switched back to the gatherer mode (birding being a filtered form of hunting) and waited.
Fiction book (1991) -
Many enthusiasts enjoy birding as a way to connect with nature during their hikes.
Synonyms
To watch birds in nature for fun or study
To watch and identify wild birds for fun
Idioms
Compounds
- Australian
A brightly colored bird from New Guinea with showy feathers and a special mating dance
Large tropical seabird with long wings and a forked tail that often steals food from other birds while flying
- Indian
A tropical bird from Asia that copies human speech and is often kept as a pet
- Specialized
A dinosaur that eats meat and has short front legs and strong back legs for running
A mostly white tropical bird with webbed feet and long tail feathers that lives at sea
- Specialized
A small wingless insect that lives on birds and bites their skin or feathers
- Archaic
A large bird from Southeast Asia that people keep for bright feathers and beauty
A climbing plant with dense groups of purple-blue flowers often found in fields and gardens
- Specialized
A long-winged night bird like a nightjar that eats insects in the air
- Specialized
A bird with a raised ridge on its breastbone that holds strong wing muscles
A small European tree with clusters of sweet-smelling white flowers and black fruit eaten by birds
- Specialized
A bird like a cuckoo or roadrunner with two toes pointing forward and two back for perching securely
- Specialized
A bird with long wings and weak feet that spends most of its time flying like swifts and hummingbirds
A small European tree that has groups of white flowers and small black fruit
A large sea bird with a long beak, very long wings, and a forked tail that flies over warm seas
- Australian
A bird with large feet that builds piles of dead plants to keep its eggs warm
- Australian
A large bird with big feet that builds mounds of dead plants to keep its eggs warm
How Observant
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bird as a verb (to bird, past birded) is a modern use of the noun and means 'to go look for or watch birds' in nature, much like 'to fish' is to go after fish.