Meanings
alternative bird watching
- slanguncountableThe hobby of watching rocket launches.
In fact, on this night, the birdwatching is over for everyone, for the firing is cancelled. Nobody notifies birdwatchers officially, of course, so the exodus is scattered and gradual.
1957, Skyline, volumes 15-18, page 7 - slanguncountableGirlwatching
By the spring of 1968, they were the secular-singing O'Kaysion, and they had recorded a leering lyric about ogling babes for the peewee Northstate label. Local DJs, appreciating that bird-watching was a popular pastime for their listeners, rode the number as if it had a satin saddle.
1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 225
Synonyms & antonyms
nounObserving or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans voëlkykery
- voëlkykeryobserving wild birds
Catalan observació d'aus, albirament d'aus
- observació d'ausobserving wild birds
- albirament d'ausobserving wild birds
Chinese Mandarin 觀鳥 /观鸟, 賞鳥 /赏鸟
- 觀鳥 /观鸟 (guānniǎo)observing wild birds
- 賞鳥 /赏鸟 (shǎngniǎo)observing wild birds
Danish fuglekiggeri
- fuglekiggeriobserving wild birds
Dutch vogelspotten, vogelen
- vogelspottenobserving wild birds
- vogelenobserving wild birds
Esperanto birdumo
- birdumoobserving wild birds
Finnish lintujen tarkkailu
- lintujen tarkkailuobserving wild birds
French observation des oiseaux
- observation des oiseauxobserving wild birds
German Vogelbeobachtung
- Vogelbeobachtungobserving wild birds
Irish éanbhreathnú
- éanbhreathnúobserving wild birds
Japanese 野鳥観察, バードウォッチング
- 野鳥観察 (yachō kansatsu)observing wild birds
- バードウォッチング (bādowotchingu)observing wild birds
Korean 탐조
- 탐조 (tamjo)observing wild birds
Polish obserwacja ptaków
- obserwacja ptakówobserving wild birds
Portuguese observação de aves, passarinhar
- observação de avesobserving wild birds
- passarinharobserving wild birds
Russian наблюде́ние за пти́цами, бёрдвотчинг
- наблюде́ние за пти́цами (nabljudénije za ptícami)observing wild birds
- бёрдвотчинг (bjórdvotčing)observing wild birds
- бёрдво́тчинг (bjordvótčing)observing wild birds
Spanish observación de aves
- observación de avesobserving wild birds
Swedish fågelskådning
- fågelskådningobserving wild birds
Welsh gwylio adar
- gwylio adarobserving wild birds
Cite this entry
birdwatching. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birdwatching
“birdwatching.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birdwatching. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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