birdlover

plural birdlovers

1. One who loves birds.

   Show me the birdlover who has not a deep-rooted sense of humaneness.

   1999, Maurice Broun, Hawks Aloft: The Story of Hawk Mountain, page 19

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   Much ado was made about these rarities and a Japanese birdlover finally paid the fantastic price of $500 for the pair and took them back to Japan with him.

   1955, Mervin F. Roberts, Budgies (parrakeets) as pets: a guide to the selection and breeding of parrakeets, page 8

   First published in England, a quite fascinating account by a Norwegian birdlover of his experiences in rescuing and caring for golden eagles.

   1964, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Volumes 18-19, page 126

   Robert Dougall has based an alternative career on them; and ‘tits like coconuts’ must be the indisputed champion of the bird lovers’ saucy joke contest.

   1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 8

   Synonyms: ornithophile, aviphile