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to birdwatch

1 3.9
To watch birds in nature for fun or study
  • verb
  • /ˈbɜrdˌwɑtʃ/
translation icon : observar aves
  • Every spring, they would birdwatch together, enjoying the beauty of nature and the variety of birds.
  • go birdwatching

Examples

  • I was birdwatching!

  • Later, after "settling down," I became interested in birdwatching and thought of all the birds I could have seen.

    Blog text (3)
  • Ava, who only met Peter once when they went birdwatching together, has no opinion and is silent.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Are you birdwatching?

  • Shouldn't we be birdwatching?

  • For example, after birdwatching near Natchez, Mississippi, in December of 1820, John James Audubon reported: "We saw today probably millions of those ...

    Academic text (2009)
  • On weekends, I love to birdwatch in the local park, observing different species of birds.

  • He decided to birdwatch during his vacation, hoping to see rare migratory birds.

Synonyms

to bird
vsto birdwatch
6 7.1

To watch birds in nature as a hobby

is used for both hobby observing and formal scientific study
to birding
vsto birdwatch
3.5

To watch and identify wild birds for fun

focuses more on observing and studying broadly, not only identification

How Attentive

to monitor
627 3.5
to study
1.0
to observe
619 2.4
to birdwatch
1 3.9
to watch
1.0
look
1.0
to glance
299 1.5

Surface Forms

birdwatch infinitive
birdwatched past participle
birdwatching present participle
birdwatches third person singular

Morphology

birdwatch = bird + watch (transparent) = bird + watch

The verb is a straightforward noun+verb compound: watching birds; the meaning is directly inferable from its parts.

Etymology

The word birdwatch is made by joining bird and watch, where watch means 'to look'. So to birdwatch is to go outside and carefully look at and study birds in nature.