birdwatch

birdwatch

English

Etymology

Back-formation from birdwatching.

Verb

birdwatch (third-person singular simple present birdwatches, present participle birdwatching, simple past and past participle birdwatched)

1. (intransitive) To take part in birdwatching; to observe and identify birds.

Noun

birdwatch (plural birdwatches)

1. A session of observing and identifying birds.
   • 1983, Stephen Tchudi, ‎Margie C. Huerta, Teaching Writing in the Content Areas (page 34)

     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.

   • 2015, Chris Naylor, Postcards from the Middle East

     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 […]