birdwatch en · NOUN
Etymology
Back-formation from birdwatching.
Meanings
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A session of observing and identifying birds.
Some students can stake out a square of earth in a flowerbed and keep track of what comes up; others can start a birdwatch recording the numbers and kinds of birds they see.
1983, Stephen Tchudi, Margie C. Huerta, Teaching Writing in the Content Areas, page 34:I would make a point of chatting to the tenant farmers that I met while on regular birdwatches and got to know the local village elders, but ironically it was through Chris's work in Beirut that we got in touch with the Skaff family […]
2015, Chris Naylor, Postcards from the Middle East:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bird-watch | alternative | lexicographic | |
| birdwatches | Number=Plur | lexicographic |