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Recent Examples of birderOn a single day sometime between December 14 and January 5, birders come out in droves to observe and count birds in a twenty-four-kilometer diameter circle in their region—the same circle every year.—Sarah Boon
june 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025 It may not always be seen at the nest, however, birders said.—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2025 Birds spooked, birders aghast Paragliders invade Orlando Wetlands!—Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2025 Perhaps swallow-tail bee-eaters, Africa openbill storks, and Burchell’s starlings, their stunning plumage flashing blue-green in the pink-gold gloaming: such sightings lend instant credence to the adage that Africa will make a birder out of anyone.—Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for birder
Other records from old news sources in previous decades are less credible, for the most part, says Lauren McGough a falconer and cultural anthropologist who studies the relationships between humans and eagles.
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Joshua Rapp Learn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 July 2025
Even today, falconers in the Middle East still regard the gyrfalcon as the most prestigious bird, often breeding them selectively for sport and tradition.
At the marketplace outside the Dalai Lama temple, hawkers like Sonam Tsomu have stocked their carts with Tibetan trinkets: bangles and necklaces made of colorful beads and bobbleheads of little Lamas.
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Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
2 July 2025
When the cab was stuck in traffic, hawkers pressed close to the window and urged me to buy a pair of glasses, or some roasted cashews, packed in repurposed plastic water bottles.
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