How to Use bird-watcher in a Sentence

bird-watcher

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  • The ribbons also help bird-watchers keep track of the white terns, as does an online map.
    — ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Go in the early morning for gorgeous peek-a-boo lake views and the chance to chat with knowledgeable bird-watchers.
    — Midwest Living, 12 June 2026
  • This Gulf Coast town knows how to turn on the charm for everyone, from artists to bird-watchers to anglers.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Trails wind through black mangrove forests, pine flatwoods, and scrub habitats popular with bird-watchers and hikers.
    — Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2026
  • The landfill, called a relleno sanitario in Spanish, sits on the outskirts of the city and is well known to bird-watchers as an avian hotspot.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
  • The results showed that expert bird-watchers had structural brain differences compared with novices, regardless of age.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The Vintage Sedan, for instance, introduces us to a trespassing bird-watcher who has cut his leg on rusty barbed wire.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • This is the moment bird-watchers have been waiting for—the wondrous window when hundreds of millions of birds may stream across the sky in a single night en route to claim a territory, find a mate, build a nest and reproduce.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 1 May 2026
  • Best Times to Visit For bird-watchers and foliage seekers, fall is the ideal time to experience the diverse wildlife and coastal sites of Cambridge.
    — Katie Riley, Travel + Leisure, 15 Nov. 2025
  • The town is perhaps best known as the jumping-off point for a trip to Dragney Island, but the seas were too rough that day to visit that island—a bird-watcher’s paradise and home to a famed outlaw in ancient Icelandic lore.
    — Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Hall’s community of advocates — an assortment of conservationists, bird-watchers and other neighbors — plans to again express its concerns at the fall meeting, but in the meantime, the group is turning to city commissions to put pressure on the department.
    — Tom Li, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The farthest stretches of the South American continent are a strong draw for bird-watchers, National Geographic author and birding expert Noah Strycker said.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 10 May 2026
  • Pea said approximately 400 bird species have been documented on the river over the years, and the area attracts bird-watchers from across the United States and beyond, particularly when rare sightings are reported on apps like eBird.
    — Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Beaches like Tambaú and Manaíra attract windsurfers and paddleboarders, and bird-watchers and casual hikers flock to the 1,200-plus-acre Jardim Botânico Benjamin Maranhão.
    — Aaron Randolph, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Researchers studied the brains of 58 adults, comparing the expert bird-watchers (29 people, ages 24–75) to novices of similar ages and educational backgrounds (29 people, ages 22–79).
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Chicago Park District officials announced last week that bird-watchers observed nesting activity starting in February in Park 597 along the Calumet River on the city's Southeast Side.
    — ABC News, 13 May 2026
  • Big Oaks hosts about 6,000 deer, squirrel, and turkey hunters and anglers annually, with some 15,000 total visitors, including bird-watchers from around the world, according to former refuge manager Joe Robb, who retired last year.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2026
  • The bird-watchers in the expert group were from the Toronto Ornithological Club and the Ontario Field Ornithologists, according to the study obtained by USA TODAY.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026

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