# birding

Pronunciation: say "BUR-ding" US /ˈbɜɹdɪŋ/, UK /bɜː(ɹ)dɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The activity of observing wild birds in their natural surroundings, usually as a hobby or pastime.
   - Simple: The hobby of watching wild birds out in nature.
   - _Serious birding requires patience, good binoculars, and an early start._
   - _He documented over two hundred species during a decade of birding._
2. The catching or taking of wild birds, as a fowler does.
   - Simple: The activity of catching or taking wild birds, with nets, traps, or other means.
   - _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._

## Origin

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

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/birding (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).