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Recent Examples of birder
Because of its rare appearance in the Northern Hemisphere, many birders are flocking to catch a glimpse of the vagrant gull.
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Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2025
Bowen’s character, Chris, being a birder, made more sense somehow in Seattle.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 18 Apr. 2025
Monhegan Island After a short ferry ride from the mainland, birders can encounter a fascinating array of species across Monhegan Island, a popular destination for migrating songbirds during both spring and fall.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
On a single day sometime between December 14 and January 5, birders come out in droves to observe and count birds in a twenty-four-kilometer diameter circle in their region—the same circle every year.
—Sarah Boon
june 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
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Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2025
Bowen’s character, Chris, being a birder, made more sense somehow in Seattle.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 18 Apr. 2025
Monhegan Island After a short ferry ride from the mainland, birders can encounter a fascinating array of species across Monhegan Island, a popular destination for migrating songbirds during both spring and fall.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
On a single day sometime between December 14 and January 5, birders come out in droves to observe and count birds in a twenty-four-kilometer diameter circle in their region—the same circle every year.
—Sarah Boon
june 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for birder
Noun
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This is a rite of passage, and a major time commitment, which many falconers don’t even attempt, choosing instead to buy birds from breeders or capture adults and release them at the end of the season.—
Nick Kelley,
Outdoor Life,
24 July 2025
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Other records from old news sources in previous decades are less credible, for the most part, says Lauren McGough a falconer and cultural anthropologist who studies the relationships between humans and eagles.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Every twenty or thirty feet, a hawker would shout and cross the street to shake my hand, or step away from a storefront and fall in beside me.—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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At the marketplace outside the Dalai Lama temple, hawkers like Sonam Tsomu have stocked their carts with Tibetan trinkets: bangles and necklaces made of colorful beads and bobbleheads of little Lamas.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Unusually for a Victorian sportsman, Wingfield marketed his game equally to men and women, and the fad spread rapidly through the gardens of England and beyond.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
12 July 2025
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Macaluso, too, suggests that rather than fighting over redfish, sportsmen ought to expand their notions of which fish are desirable.—
Boyce Upholt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 June 2025
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The club participates in field archery, indoor and outdoor target archery, 3-D shooting and bow hunting and frequently trains new archers, its website said.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
17 July 2025
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The 34-year-old archer drew his bow, aimed at the fish 18 yards away, and released.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
16 July 2025
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“Birder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birder. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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