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Three people birdwatching with binoculars. Birdwatching, or birding, is the observing of birds, either as a recreational activity or as a form of citizen science.A birdwatcher may observe by using their naked eye, by using a visual enhancement device such as binoculars or a telescope, by listening for bird sounds, [1] [2] watching public webcams, or by viewing smart bird feeder cameras.
Twitchers watching a mega—Britain's fifth-ever white-tailed lapwing—and probably adding a lifer to their list; see text for explanation of italicised terms. Twitchers' vocabulary is the set of jargon words used by twitchers (committed birdwatchers who travel long distances to see a new species to add a species to their "life list", year list or other list).
Jeremy Greenwood concludes that the term was further popularised by its use by Miss E. I. Turner, "a popular author", in the journal Open Air in 1923. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] There is a theory that it comes from the World War II RAF acronym GISS for "General Impression of Size and Shape (of an aircraft)", [ 11 ] but the use of the term in 1922 precludes that.
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Birdwatching or Birdwatcher may also refer to: Bird Watching, a British magazine established in 1986; Birdwatch, a British magazine established in 1992; Bird Watching, a 1961 album by Don Elliott; BirdWatchers, a 2008 film by Marco Bechis; The Birdwatchers, a garage rock pop band from the 1960s
Bird ringing is the term used in the UK and in some other parts of Europe, while the term bird banding is more often used in the U.S. and Australia. [49] bird strike The impact of a bird or birds with an airplane in flight. [50] body down The layer of small, fluffy down feathers that lie underneath the outer contour feathers on a bird's body. [51]
First are listed birdwatchers with large life lists, which is based on the number of species of birds each of them has/had seen. Depending on the taxonomic viewpoint, there are 10,858 ( Clements V2023 ) or 11,032 ( IOC ver. 14.1 ) living bird species recognised.
First time introduction of a technical term if the term is immediately followed by a non-technical substitute in parentheses. Example (from Fern): A fern is defined as a vascular plant that reproduces by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations. New fronds arise by circinate vernation (unrolling leaf formation).