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birding Definition

bird·ing (bʉrd)

noun

bird-watching

birding Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • spend: We will spend all day birding from our camp at 2800 meters to our next stop at 1600 meters.
  • relax: Generally a day of relaxed birding with nothing new to report.

Adjective modifier

  • tropical: Days 9-10: The Tuxtlas will provide us with a fine introduction to tropical rainforest birding.
  • excellent: Quite a fine end to an excellent days birding.
  • fantastic: A relaxing pint and a recap of the days events rounded a fantastic days birding.
  • superb: A classic birding tour which never fails to produce superb birding.

Modifies a noun

  • hotspot: Beside, he planned to take day trips to other birding hotspots.
  • trip: All in all, Belgrade area is good for a birding trip at any time of year.
  • destination: Being such a popular birding destination, SE Brazil is well covered by trip reports available on the internet.
  • locality: We'll spend today at one of Central America's premier birding localities.
  • spot: It is, I believe, the single best birding spot in the US.
  • tour: A classic birding tour which never fails to produce superb birding.

Noun used with modifier

  • pre-breakfast: Day 3: Pre-breakfast birding around our hotel could produce six species of tit, Hawfinch, and Middle-spotted Woodpecker.
  • roadside: From 11:00 till 17:00 drive toward Sinharaja Forest, with several roadside birding stop.
  • afternoon: Later we'll drive down into the Imperial Valley for some afternoon birding at the south end of the Salton Sea.
  • morning: We spent the rest of the morning birding along the track to the river.
  • forest: Although forest birding is never easy, the rewards are great.

Possessives

  • morning: Overnight San Ignacio Day 9 After an early morning's birding at our hotel, we travel to the Mayan site of Xunantunich.

Preposition: in

  • vicinity: July 27 th In the morning we went birding in the vicinity of Richard's Bay, with our main goal the Lesser Jacana.
  • forest: We took a break for lunch back at the hotel, planning to resume birding in the forest at 3:30PM.