bird-watch

verb

ˈbərd-ˌwäch How to pronounce bird-watch (audio)
bird-watched; bird-watching; bird-watches

intransitive verb

: bird

Examples of bird-watch in a Sentence

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Swim, canoe, geocache, and bird-watch among Bastrop State Park’s mosaic of pines, oaks, shrubs, and grasslands, which are punctuated by a carpet of bluebonnets each spring. — Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 Simply fill it with seed and enjoy a front-row seat to backyard bird-watching action. — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 24 June 2026 All of the above creates a very cool landscape for hiking, bird-watch, snapping photos, boating, and swimming. — Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2026 Argentine officials suggested the hantavirus outbreak could have originated from a bird-watching outing that took the deceased Dutch couple to a landfill, where they may have been exposed to rodents carrying the virus before boarding the ship, the Associated Press reported. — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for bird-watch

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from bird-watcher

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bird-watch was in 1938

Rhymes for bird-watch

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“Bird-watch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bird-watch. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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