birding

noun

SayBUR-dingUS/ˈbɜɹdɪŋ/UK/bɜː(ɹ)dɪŋ/

2 meanings of birding

1
noununcountable
The activity of observing wild birds in their natural surroundings, usually as a hobby or pastime.
Serious birding requires patience, good binoculars, and an early start.
He documented over two hundred species during a decade of birding.
Similarbirdwatching
2
noununcountable
The catching or taking of wild birds, as a fowler does.
Birding with limed twigs and nets was a staple of rural life centuries ago.
The estate kept a man for birding, who netted partridges and larks for the kitchen.
Similarfowling

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Origin

Formed from "bird" combined with the suffix "-ing."