birdwatching

• bird watching

bird +‎ watching

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜː(ɹ)dˌwɒtʃ.ɪŋ/

birdwatching (uncountable)

1. Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.

   Synonym: birding

2. (slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches.
   • 1957, Skyline, volumes 15-18, page 7:

     In fact, on this night, the birdwatching is over for everyone, for the firing is cancelled. Nobody notifies birdwatchers officially, of course, so the exodus is scattered and gradual.

3. (slang) Girlwatching
   • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 225:

     By the spring of 1968, they were the secular-singing O'Kaysion, and they had recorded a leering lyric about ogling babes for the peewee Northstate label. Local DJs, appreciating that bird-watching was a popular pastime for their listeners, rode the number as if it had a satin saddle.

• birdwatch
• birdwatcher

• ornithology

Unadapted borrowing from English birdwatching.

• IPA^(key): /berˈdwɔt.t͡ʃinɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɔttʃinɡ

birdwatching m

1. birdwatching