Birdwatcher
noun
A person who observes or identifies birds in their natural surroundings as a hobby.
He's an enthusiastic birdwatcher and spends his weekends in the forest with his binoculars.
Often appears as...
- professional birdwatcher
- amateur birdwatcher
noun
A person who observes or identifies birds in their natural surroundings as a hobby.
He's an enthusiastic birdwatcher and spends his weekends in the forest with his binoculars.
Often appears as...
- professional birdwatcher
- amateur birdwatcher
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Hobby Context
The term is often used in leisure contexts, not professional ones.
She joined the local club to meet fellow birdwatchers.
Pro Tip 2/3Outdoor Activity
Birdwatching implies being outdoors; it's associated with nature and wildlife.
As a birdwatcher, Mark spends hours in the national park.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Ornithology
Unlike 'ornithologist', 'birdwatcher' doesn't suggest a scientific study of birds.
Although not an ornithologist, he is quite knowledgeable as a birdwatcher.
Pro Tip 1/3Hobby Context
The term is often used in leisure contexts, not professional ones.
She joined the local club to meet fellow birdwatchers.
Pro Tip 2/3Outdoor Activity
Birdwatching implies being outdoors; it's associated with nature and wildlife.
As a birdwatcher, Mark spends hours in the national park.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Ornithology
Unlike 'ornithologist', 'birdwatcher' doesn't suggest a scientific study of birds.
Although not an ornithologist, he is quite knowledgeable as a birdwatcher.
Pro Tip 1/3Hobby Context
The term is often used in leisure contexts, not professional ones.
She joined the local club to meet fellow birdwatchers.
Pro Tip 2/3Outdoor Activity
Birdwatching implies being outdoors; it's associated with nature and wildlife.
As a birdwatcher, Mark spends hours in the national park.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Ornithology
Unlike 'ornithologist', 'birdwatcher' doesn't suggest a scientific study of birds.
Although not an ornithologist, he is quite knowledgeable as a birdwatcher.
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James Watson: How we...
So I wanted to work with him, but he didn't want a former birdwatcher, and I ended up in Cambridge, England. So I went to Cambridge, because it was really the best place in the world then for x-ray crystallography. And x-ray crystallography is now a subject in, you know, chemistry departments.
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Safari Live - Day 360 PIPE...
been a greater blue eared glossy Starling we get both of them in abundance around here so absolutely you're obviously a bit of a birder and for sure we get them they make the easiest way to distinguish their calls well I find that the easiest way I've actually never met anybody else who
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Citizen "Scientists"...
deeper insight into population health past Delmas if he is a scientist and he won't make any claim to the title I'm actually a birder I've been birding not a long time I started an 85 but some people start when they're four years old and been burning all their lives having
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Safari Live - Day 288 PIPE...
see what we could find we weren't really looking for anything we were just whatever there was we would take it and we were walking along walking along and we heard this bird calling and one of the guys that was in our group who's an incredible birder and he said no it's a
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How I discovered DNA -...
wanted to work with him but he didn't want to form a birdwatcher and I ended up in Cambridge England so I went to Cambridge because up it was really the best place in the world then for x-ray crystallography an x-ray crystallography is now subjective you know chemistry
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Biomimicry in action PIPE...
because it was rounded in front, but every time it went into a tunnel it would build up a pressure wave, and then it would create like a sonic boom when it exited. So the engineer's boss said, "Find a way to quiet this train." He happened to be a birder.
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For the love of birds PIPE...
This was a huge breakthrough in our work and it made us get enormous amounts of data from every birder out there in the regions. With this, we realized that citizen science is indeed very powerful, the reason being, citizen science is adaptive.
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Safari Live - Day 280 PIPE...
northern Kruger National Park so if you are an avid birder for savanna bird species the northern kruger national park is where you have to go racket-tail runners are there we one of my favorite places to go to oopsy let's get started
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Bird-Watching While...
other blackbirder when I meet another blackbirder it's like encountering an ivory-billed woodpecker an endangered species extinction looms these are the rules for the black birder
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Incredible Time-Stretchin...
I consider myself a birder now but
Video examples
James Watson: How we...
So I wanted to work with him, but he didn't want a former birdwatcher, and I ended up in Cambridge, England. So I went to Cambridge, because it was really the best place in the world then for x-ray crystallography. And x-ray crystallography is now a subject in, you know, chemistry departments.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 360 PIPE...
been a greater blue eared glossy Starling we get both of them in abundance around here so absolutely you're obviously a bit of a birder and for sure we get them they make the easiest way to distinguish their calls well I find that the easiest way I've actually never met anybody else who
Video examples
Citizen "Scientists"...
deeper insight into population health past Delmas if he is a scientist and he won't make any claim to the title I'm actually a birder I've been birding not a long time I started an 85 but some people start when they're four years old and been burning all their lives having
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 288 PIPE...
see what we could find we weren't really looking for anything we were just whatever there was we would take it and we were walking along walking along and we heard this bird calling and one of the guys that was in our group who's an incredible birder and he said no it's a
Video examples
How I discovered DNA -...
wanted to work with him but he didn't want to form a birdwatcher and I ended up in Cambridge England so I went to Cambridge because up it was really the best place in the world then for x-ray crystallography an x-ray crystallography is now subjective you know chemistry
Video examples
Biomimicry in action PIPE...
because it was rounded in front, but every time it went into a tunnel it would build up a pressure wave, and then it would create like a sonic boom when it exited. So the engineer's boss said, "Find a way to quiet this train." He happened to be a birder.
Video examples
For the love of birds PIPE...
This was a huge breakthrough in our work and it made us get enormous amounts of data from every birder out there in the regions. With this, we realized that citizen science is indeed very powerful, the reason being, citizen science is adaptive.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 280 PIPE...
northern Kruger National Park so if you are an avid birder for savanna bird species the northern kruger national park is where you have to go racket-tail runners are there we one of my favorite places to go to oopsy let's get started
Video examples
Bird-Watching While...
other blackbirder when I meet another blackbirder it's like encountering an ivory-billed woodpecker an endangered species extinction looms these are the rules for the black birder
Video examples
Incredible Time-Stretchin...
I consider myself a birder now but
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Quote examples
Bill Bailey
English Comedian
When you're a birder, you have all sorts of reference books, and you know about migratory patterns and technical stuff. Most people just look out the window, and say 'is that a pigeon?
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Vic Reeves
People think I'm a keen birdwatcher, but I don't go out of my way to look at birds. I'm not Bill Oddie. But I do know which are which. I keep my eyes open.
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Wilbur Smith
Novelist
I am a closet birdwatcher. I can identify Southern African species, but it irks me I can barely tell a jay from a blackbird in the U.K.
Quote examples
Bill Bailey
English Comedian
When you're a birder, you have all sorts of reference books, and you know about migratory patterns and technical stuff. Most people just look out the window, and say 'is that a pigeon?
Quote examples
Vic Reeves
People think I'm a keen birdwatcher, but I don't go out of my way to look at birds. I'm not Bill Oddie. But I do know which are which. I keep my eyes open.
Quote examples
Wilbur Smith
Novelist
I am a closet birdwatcher. I can identify Southern African species, but it irks me I can barely tell a jay from a blackbird in the U.K.
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