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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).
Ramana Athreya: birdwatcher and astronomer; John James Audubon, ornithologist and painter; Mindy Baha El Din: ornithologist and environmentalist; Florence Merriam Bailey: ornithologist and author of several early field guides; Jim Clements: author of The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World; 7,200 [citation needed] (deceased in 2005)
[7] [12] Another theory is that jizz is a corruption of gestalt, a German word that roughly means form or shape. [13] Other possibilities include the word gist , or a contraction of just is . These theories were debunked by the ornithologist Jeremy Greenwood and his brother Julian in 2018.
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Lee Evans (born October 1960) is a British birdwatcher author on rare birds and bird tour leader. He has seen 594 species of bird in Britain and Ireland; however his principal interest is British Isles yearlisting, where he aims to see over 300 species of bird in the wild in Britain and Ireland each year.
A small, freely-moving projection on the anterior edge of the wing of modern birds (and a few non-avian dinosaurs)—a bird's "thumb"—the word is Latin and means 'winglet'; it is the diminutive of ala, meaning 'wing'. Alula typically bear three to five small flight feathers, with the exact number depending on the species.
Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds. [1] Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and the aesthetic appeal of birds. [2]