birdwatching

See also: bird watching

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From bird +‎ watching.

birdwatching (uncountable)

Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.
Synonym: birding
(slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches.
- 1957, Skyline, volumes 15-18, page 7:
  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.
(slang) Girlwatching
- 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 225:
  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.

observing wild birds

Afrikaans: voëlkykery
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: observació d'aus f, albirament d'aus m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 觀鳥／观鸟 (zh) (guānniǎo), 賞鳥／赏鸟 (zh) (shǎngniǎo)
Dutch: vogelspotten (nl), vogelen (nl)
Esperanto: birdumo
Finnish: lintujen tarkkailu
French: observation des oiseaux f
German: Vogelbeobachtung f
Irish: éanbhreathnú m
Japanese: 野鳥観察 (やちょうかんさつ, yachō kansatsu), バードウォッチング (bādowotchingu)
Korean: 탐조 (tamjo)
Polish: obserwacja ptaków f
Portuguese: observação de aves f, passarinhar (pt) (informal)
Russian: наблюде́ние за пти́цами n (nabljudénije za ptícami), бёрдвотчинг (ru) m (bjórdvotčing), бёрдво́тчинг (ru) m (bjordvótčing)
Spanish: observación de aves f
Swedish: fågelskådning (sv) c
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: gwylio adar m

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