tick

From Middle English tek (“light touch, tap”).

There are few birders who have not had stringy ticks on their lists at some stage.

1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 76:

A twitcher's list is very democratic. Each bird counts as one tick. There are no extra points for beauty or rarity. The humble sparrow counts just as much as a Wedge-tailed Eagle or a Paradise Parrot.

2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 41:

(birdwatching) A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of observed birds.


tick

en-verb

tick (third-person singular simple present ticks, present participle ticking, simple past and past participle ticked)

ticks (present singular third-person)
ticking (participle present)
ticked (participle past)
ticked (past)

(birdwatching, transitive) To add (a bird) to a list of birds that have been seen (or heard).


red

en-noun

red (countable and uncountable, plural reds)

From Middle English red, from Old English rēad, from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from the root *h₁rewdʰ-.
Cognates
See also West Frisian read, Low German root, rod, Dutch rood, German rot, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål rød, Norwegian Nynorsk raud; also Welsh rhudd, Latin ruber, rufus, Tocharian A rtär, Tocharian B ratre, Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós), Albanian pruth (“redhead”), Russian ру́дый (rúdyj) ("red", "redhaired"). Czech rudý, Lithuanian raúdas, Finnish rauta, Estonian raud, Serbo-Croatian riđ ("reddish", "red"), Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬛𐬌𐬙𐬀 (raoidita), Sanskrit रुधिर (rudhirá, “red, bloody”).

sekobarbitaali

slang: secobarbital — see also secobarbital

(countable, informal, UK, birdwatching) A redshank.


have

en-verb

have (third-person singular simple present has, present participle having, simple past and past participle had)

has (present singular third-person)
having (participle present)
had (participle past)
had (past)
have (infinitive)

From Middle English haven, from Old English habban (“to have”), from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have”), durative of *habjaną (“to lift, take up”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, present tense of *keh₂p- (“to take, seize, catch”). Related to heave.
Since there is no common Indo-European root for a transitive possessive verb have (notice that Latin habeō is not etymologically related to English have), Proto-Indo-European probably lacked the have structure. Instead, the third person forms of be were used, with the possessor in dative case, compare Latin mihi est / sunt, literally to me is / are.
Cognates
Cognate with Saterland Frisian hääbe (“to have”), West Frisian hawwe (“to have”), Dutch hebben (“to have”), Afrikaans hê (“to have”), Low German hebben, hewwen (“to have”), German haben (“to have”), Danish have (“to have”), Swedish hava (“to have”), Norwegian Nynorsk ha (“to have”), Icelandic hafa (“to have”), Albanian kap (“I grab, catch, grip”), Latin capiō (“take”, verb), Russian хапать (xapatʹ, “to seize”).

saada

in some cases; normally a direct sentence would be used

For some reason, "I had a Freckled Duck today" never seems to work as a pick-up line.

2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 57:

(transitive, birdwatching) To make an observation of (a bird species).


string

string (third-person singular simple present strings, present participle stringing, simple past strung or (obsolete or nonstandard) strang, past participle strung)

strings (present singular third-person)
stringing (participle present)
strung (past)
strang (nonstandard obsolete past)
strung (participle past)

From Middle English stryngen, strengen, from the noun (see above).

To be honest, you'd be better off trying to string a Skylark as a Richard's Pipit rather than as a Pectoral Sandpiper.

1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 81:

For instance he might see a White-eared Honeyeater, a not uncommon bird in the heathy areas at Bunyip, but in his excitement to call it, something in his brain scrambled and came out as: `White-cheeked Honeyeater!' White-cheeked Honeyeater is an absolute stonking crippler in Victoria, but Stu was not actually trying to string a rarity, he'd just got such a flood of new information swirling around his brain that sometimes it got jumbled up.

2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 67:

(birdwatching) To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.


sarnie

From sarn- (“perhaps from a dialectal pronunciation of the first syllable of sandwich”) + -ie. Alternatively, perhaps a misreading or an intentional dissimilation of samie (i.e. sammie), where the 'm' is mistaken for or replaced with 'rn'.

suffix

perhaps from a dialectal pronunciation of the first syllable of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">sandwich</i>


peep

From Middle English pepen. Compare Dutch piepen (“peep”), German Low German piepen (“to peep”), German piepen and pfeifen, all probably onomatopoeic.

(birdwatching, colloquial) A sandpiper or other small wader.


lister

(birdwatching) A birdwatcher who keeps track of birds using different checklists.


dip

en-noun

dip (countable and uncountable, plural dips)

From Middle English dippen, from Old English dyppan, from Proto-West Germanic *duppjan, from Proto-Germanic *dupjaną; see *daupijaną (“to dip”). Related to deep.

I'd missed them by a couple of hours. This dip did not bode well for the Hudwit.

2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 124:

(birdwatching, colloquial) The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.


dip

en-verb

dip (third-person singular simple present dips, present participle dipping, simple past and past participle dipped)

dips (present singular third-person)
dipping (participle present)
dipped (participle past)
dipped (past)

dip me in honey and throw me to the lesbians

I assured him that I'd been birding long enough to know that there were no guarantees with birds and I wouldn't have held it against him if I'd dipped.

(birdwatching, colloquial) To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.


scope

scope (third-person singular simple present scopes, present participle scoping, simple past and past participle scoped)

scopes (present singular third-person)
scoping (participle present)
scoped (participle past)
scoped (past)

From Italian scopo (“purpose”), from Latin scopus (“target”), from Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós), from σκέπτομαι (sképtomai), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-. Etymologically related to skeptic and spectrum.

`Maybe there was another darker bird and it had flown away before we could scope it?' `Yes there must have been,' came the grim-faced reply.

2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 199:

(birdwatching, informal) To observe a bird using a spotting scope.


twitch

en-noun

twitch (countable and uncountable, plural twitches)

From Middle English twicchen, from Old English *twiċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *twikkijan (“to nail, pin, fasten, clasp, pinch”).
Cognate with English tweak, Low German twikken, German Low German twicken (“to pinch, pinch off”), zweckōn and gizwickan (> German zwicken (“to pinch”)).

cog

(birdwatching) A trip taken in order to observe a rare bird.


jizz

en-noun

jizz (usually uncountable, plural jizzes)

The earliest known appearance in print dates from 1922, in Thomas Coward's "Country Diary" column for the Manchester Guardian of 6 December 1921; the piece was subsequently included in his 1922 book Bird Haunts and Nature Memories. He attributed it to "a west-coast Irishman", and explained:
:if we are walking on the road and see, far ahead, someone whom we recognise although we can neither distinguish features nor particular clothes, we may be certain that we are not mistaken; there is something in the carriage, the walk, the general appearance which is familiar; it is, in fact, the individual's jizz.
There are several theories as to the etymology of “jizz”:
* From the military term GIS (“general impression and shape”).
* Possible contraction of just is (in the sense that a particular bird species “just is” that species).
An essay by Greenwood and Greenwood in 2018 debunks these theories. Other suggestions include variants of guise, gist and gestalt (mispronounced).

A West Coast Irishman was familiar with the wild creatures which dwelt on or visited his rocks and shores; at a glance he could name them, usually correctly, but if asked how he knew them would reply ‘By their "jizz".’

1922, TA Coward, Bird Haunts and Nature Memories, London: Warne:

Political cartoonists rely a lot on jizz. When a new president or prime minister comes into office it usually takes the cartoonists a little while to decide which features to select as field marks but they then stylise these in ways that make them instantly recognisable to the rest of us, even though they may be grossly exaggerated.

2009, Jeremy Mynott, chapter 3, in Birdscapes, Princeton and Oxford: Princeton, page 74:

His birds are not carefully posed to illustrate every plumage detail; they are impressions rather than portraits. With a few deft strokes of his pencil, he captures their 'jizz'.

2015, Nick Davies, chapter 3, in Cuckoo - Cheating by Nature (paperback), London: Bloomsbury, page 53:

(ornithology, birdwatching) The physical and behavioural characteristics of a bird that enable it to be immediately recognised by an experienced birder as a certain type of bird, especially to family or genus level.


bander

He got a banding permit in the early 30s and was an active bander for the rest of his life.

1993 November 26, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader:


bidden

bidden (infinitive)
bidden (gerund neuter)
bid (first-person present singular)
bad (first-person past singular)
bidt (present second-person singular)
bid (present second-person singular)
bad (past second-person singular)
bidt (formal present second-person singular)
bad (formal past second-person singular)
bidt (Flanders colloquial present second-person singular)
bidt (archaic formal majestic present second-person singular)
baadt (Flanders colloquial past second-person singular)
baadt (archaic formal majestic past second-person singular)
bidt (present singular third-person)
bad (past singular third-person)
bidden (plural present)
baden (past plural)
bidde (archaic present singular subjunctive)
bade (archaic past singular subjunctive)
bidden (archaic plural present subjunctive)
baden (archaic past plural subjunctive)
bid (imperative present singular)
bidt (archaic imperative plural present)
biddend (participle present)
gebeden (participle past)

Afrikaans: bid

Negerhollands: bed, bet, bit

From Middle Dutch bidden, from Old Dutch bidden, from Proto-West Germanic *biddjan, from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰédʰyeti.

De torenvalk speurde biddend naar zijn prooi.

The kestrel sought his prey while hovering.

(intransitive, ornithology, birdwatching) to hover (of birds), to use wings to remain in the same place in mid-air


Slav

From Middle English sclave, borrowed from Medieval Latin Sclavus, from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos); see that entry for more. Doublet of slave and ciao. Displaced native Old English Wined.

(British, birdwatching) The Slavonian grebe.


ticker

(birdwatching, slang) A birdwatcher who aims to see (and tick off on a list) as many bird species as possible.


stringer

[T]hose fellows know how to spot a stringer at work.

1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 82:

(birdwatching) A person who deliberately states that a certain bird is present when it is not; one who knowingly misleads other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity.


gen

I had some recent gen that they had been seen quite recently at Kunoth Well, a little dot on the map on the edge of the Tanami Desert.

2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 172:

(birdwatching) Information about the location of a bird.


birder

Many of the crofters on Fair Isle and Shetland know as much about the birds as the birders.

1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 47:

It's good to be the king. Even if the kingdom is rather small. It is amazing how often really good birders are borderline megalomaniacs.

2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 37:


birdwatcher

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-birdwatcher.wav

Alec Warner was gazing like a bird-watcher at Charmian, who plucked at the rug round her knees, waiting to tell her own story.

1959, Muriel Spark, chapter 5, in Memento Mori, London: Macmillan:

(birdwatching) A person who observes or identifies wild birds in their natural environment.

觀鳥者

a person who observes or identifies wild birds in their natural environment


twitching

twitching (countable and uncountable, plural twitchings)

(birdwatching) Compulsive birdwatching by people (twitchers) who travel long distances to see rare species.


lifer

I saw six species of honeyeaters new to me and went home with 16 lifers and some bad sandfly bites.

2013, Sue Taylor, Best 100 Birdwatching Sites in Australia:

(birdwatching) A bird species seen for the first time by a birder who is keeping a list of all the species he or she has ever seen.


baldie

The bald eagle is the national bird of the United States. Plus the bird is endangered. So, yeah, I'd probably have a problem with sitting down to a plate of baldie for dinner.

1999 August 15, Staca Hiatt, “Re: Anyone ever tried emu?”, in alt.support.diet.low-fat (Usenet):

They are almost always accompanied by immature bald eagles that, although about the same size as a mature baldie, have a darkened head and mottled feathers.

2010, Bruce Squiers, “Winter's Majesty”, in Marty Becker, Gina Spadafori, Mikkel Becker Shannon, editors, The Ultimate Bird Lover: Stories and Advice on Our Feathered Friends at Home and in the Wild, Health Communications, Inc., →ISBN, page 161:

Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus#Translingual

(birdwatching, slang) The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus).


dipping

dipping (countable and uncountable, plural dippings)

That same trip would have to go down as the greatest dipping fest in Australian birding history. I had five target species and never saw one, despite spending a week looking for them.

2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 35:

(birdwatching) The act or fact of missing out on seeing a bird.


stringy

en-adj

stringy (comparative stringier, superlative stringiest)

stringier (comparative)
stringiest (superlative)

There are few birders who have not had stringy ticks on their lists at some stage.

1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 76:

(birdwatching) Of a sighting, unlikely to be accurate; probably based on a misidentification, whether innocent or deliberate.


confiding

confiding (comparative more confiding, superlative most confiding)

more confiding (comparative)
most confiding (superlative)

(birdwatching) Of a bird, allowing the close approach of humans.


sharpie

It is harder to gauge the shorter tail of sharpies, but on sitting birds the tail shape is a more useful character than it is on flying birds. Sharpies of all ages and sexes almost always show a notched tail when they are sitting.

2005, Bill Thompson, Eirik A. T. Blom, Jeffrey A. Gordon, Identify Yourself: The 50 Most Common Birding Identification Challenges, page 93:

My mother had lost a considerable number of spring chicks to a raiding sharpie.

2010, Era S. VanDenburg, The Natural World of Ivy Lane, page 48:

sharp-shinned hawk
sharp-shinned hawk#English

(birdwatching) Clipping of sharp-shinned hawk.


kreischen

de-verb

kreischen (weak or class 1 strong, third-person singular present kreischt, past tense kreischte or (archaic) krisch, past participle gekreischt or (archaic) gekrischen, auxiliary haben)

kreischt (present singular third-person)
kreischte (past)
krisch (archaic past)
gekreischt (participle past)
gekrischen (archaic participle past)
haben (auxiliary)
haben (auxiliary)
kreischen (infinitive)
kreischend (participle present)
gekreischt (participle past)
gekrischen (archaic participle past)
kreische (first-person indicative present singular)
kreischen (first-person indicative plural present)
kreische (first-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
kreischen (first-person plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
kreischst (indicative present second-person singular)
kreischt (indicative present second-person singular)
kreischt (indicative plural present second-person)
kreischest (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
kreischet (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
kreischt (indicative present singular third-person)
kreischen (indicative plural present third-person)
kreische (singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
kreischen (plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
kreischte (first-person indicative preterite singular)
krisch (archaic first-person indicative preterite singular)
kreischten (first-person indicative plural preterite)
krischen (archaic first-person indicative plural preterite)
kreischte (first-person formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
krische (archaic first-person formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
kreischten (first-person formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
krischen (archaic first-person formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
kreischtest (indicative preterite second-person singular)
krischst (archaic indicative preterite second-person singular)
kreischtet (indicative plural preterite second-person)
krischt (archaic indicative plural preterite second-person)
kreischtest (formal rare second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
krischest (archaic formal rare second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
krischst (archaic formal rare second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
kreischtet (formal plural rare second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
krischet (archaic formal plural rare second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
krischt (archaic formal plural rare second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
kreischte (indicative preterite singular third-person)
krisch (archaic indicative preterite singular third-person)
kreischten (indicative plural preterite third-person)
krischen (archaic indicative plural preterite third-person)
kreischte (formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
krische (archaic formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
kreischten (formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
krischen (archaic formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
kreisch (imperative second-person singular)
kreische (imperative second-person singular)
kreischt (imperative plural second-person)
haben (auxiliary)
habe gekreischt (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect singular)
habe gekrischen (archaic first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect singular)
haben gekreischt (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect plural)
haben gekrischen (archaic first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect plural)
habe gekreischt (first-person multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive)
habe gekrischen (archaic first-person multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive)
haben gekreischt (first-person multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive)
haben gekrischen (archaic first-person multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive)
hast gekreischt (indicative multiword-construction perfect second-person singular)
hast gekrischen (archaic indicative multiword-construction perfect second-person singular)
habt gekreischt (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
habt gekrischen (archaic indicative multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
habest gekreischt (multiword-construction perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
habest gekrischen (archaic multiword-construction perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
habet gekreischt (multiword-construction perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
habet gekrischen (archaic multiword-construction perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hat gekreischt (indicative multiword-construction perfect singular third-person)
hat gekrischen (archaic indicative multiword-construction perfect singular third-person)
haben gekreischt (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural third-person)
haben gekrischen (archaic indicative multiword-construction perfect plural third-person)
habe gekreischt (multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
habe gekrischen (archaic multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
haben gekreischt (multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
haben gekrischen (archaic multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
hatte gekreischt (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular)
hatte gekrischen (archaic first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular)
hatten gekreischt (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural)
hatten gekrischen (archaic first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural)
hätte gekreischt (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive)
hätte gekrischen (archaic first-person multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive)
hätten gekreischt (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive)
hätten gekrischen (archaic first-person multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive)
hattest gekreischt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular)
hattest gekrischen (archaic indicative multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular)
hattet gekreischt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person)
hattet gekrischen (archaic indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person)
hättest gekreischt (multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
hättest gekrischen (archaic multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
hättet gekreischt (multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hättet gekrischen (archaic multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hatte gekreischt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular third-person)
hatte gekrischen (archaic indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular third-person)
hatten gekreischt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural third-person)
hatten gekrischen (archaic indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural third-person)
hätte gekreischt (multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
hätte gekrischen (archaic multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
hätten gekreischt (multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
hätten gekrischen (archaic multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
kreischen werden (future future-i infinitive multiword-construction)
werde kreischen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden kreischen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest kreischen (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet kreischen (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde kreischen (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden kreischen (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde kreischen (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden kreischen (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde kreischen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden kreischen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst kreischen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet kreischen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest kreischen (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet kreischen (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird kreischen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden kreischen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde kreischen (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden kreischen (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
gekreischt haben werden (future future-ii infinitive multiword-construction)
gekrischen haben werden (archaic future future-ii infinitive multiword-construction)
werde gekreischt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde gekrischen haben (archaic first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden gekreischt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden gekrischen haben (archaic first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest gekreischt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest gekrischen haben (archaic future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet gekreischt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet gekrischen haben (archaic future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde gekreischt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde gekrischen haben (archaic future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden gekreischt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden gekrischen haben (archaic future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde gekreischt haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular)
werde gekrischen haben (archaic first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden gekreischt haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural)
werden gekrischen haben (archaic first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde gekreischt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würde gekrischen haben (archaic first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden gekreischt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden gekrischen haben (archaic first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst gekreischt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
wirst gekrischen haben (archaic future future-ii indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet gekreischt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
werdet gekrischen haben (archaic future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest gekreischt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdest gekrischen haben (archaic future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet gekreischt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet gekrischen haben (archaic future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird gekreischt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
wird gekrischen haben (archaic future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden gekreischt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
werden gekrischen haben (archaic future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde gekreischt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würde gekrischen haben (archaic future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden gekreischt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden gekrischen haben (archaic future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)

From Middle High German krīschen, from Old High German *krīskan, from Proto-West Germanic *krīskan, from *krīskaną (“to cry out, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *grey- (“to shout”). According to Pfeifer, this is an extension of Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”), which makes it cognate with dated/obsolete German kreißen (“to cry in pain, give birth”). Cognate with Dutch krijsen, Luxembourgish kräischen.
The weak past forms in contemporary German may be due to the formal merger with the early modern German causative kreischen (“to make scream”), from Middle High German *kreischen, attested in erkreischen. An additional reason may be the fact that the verb was non-native to most Upper German dialects.


duunari

duunari (nominative singular)
duunarit (nominative plural)
duunari (accusative nominative singular)
duunarit (accusative nominative plural)
duunarin (accusative genitive singular)
duunarit (accusative genitive plural)
duunarin (genitive singular)
duunarien (genitive plural)
duunareiden (genitive plural)
duunareitten (genitive plural)
duunaria (partitive singular)
duunareita (partitive plural)
duunareja (partitive plural)
duunarissa (inessive singular)
duunareissa (inessive plural)
duunarista (elative singular)
duunareista (elative plural)
duunariin (illative singular)
duunareihin (illative plural)
duunarilla (adessive singular)
duunareilla (adessive plural)
duunarilta (ablative singular)
duunareilta (ablative plural)
duunarille (allative singular)
duunareille (allative plural)
duunarina (essive singular)
duunareina (essive plural)
duunariksi (singular translative)
duunareiksi (plural translative)
duunaritta (abessive singular)
duunareitta (abessive plural)
duunarein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
duunarini (nominative singular)
duunarini (nominative plural)
duunarini (accusative nominative singular)
duunarini (accusative nominative plural)
duunarini (accusative genitive singular)
duunarini (accusative genitive plural)
duunarini (genitive singular)
duunarieni (genitive plural)
duunareideni (genitive plural)
duunareitteni (genitive plural)
duunariani (partitive singular)
duunareitani (partitive plural)
duunarejani (partitive plural)
duunarissani (inessive singular)
duunareissani (inessive plural)
duunaristani (elative singular)
duunareistani (elative plural)
duunariini (illative singular)
duunareihini (illative plural)
duunarillani (adessive singular)
duunareillani (adessive plural)
duunariltani (ablative singular)
duunareiltani (ablative plural)
duunarilleni (allative singular)
duunareilleni (allative plural)
duunarinani (essive singular)
duunareinani (essive plural)
duunarikseni (singular translative)
duunareikseni (plural translative)
duunarittani (abessive singular)
duunareittani (abessive plural)
duunareineni (comitative plural)
duunarisi (nominative singular)
duunarisi (nominative plural)
duunarisi (accusative nominative singular)
duunarisi (accusative nominative plural)
duunarisi (accusative genitive singular)
duunarisi (accusative genitive plural)
duunarisi (genitive singular)
duunariesi (genitive plural)
duunareidesi (genitive plural)
duunareittesi (genitive plural)
duunariasi (partitive singular)
duunareitasi (partitive plural)
duunarejasi (partitive plural)
duunarissasi (inessive singular)
duunareissasi (inessive plural)
duunaristasi (elative singular)
duunareistasi (elative plural)
duunariisi (illative singular)
duunareihisi (illative plural)
duunarillasi (adessive singular)
duunareillasi (adessive plural)
duunariltasi (ablative singular)
duunareiltasi (ablative plural)
duunarillesi (allative singular)
duunareillesi (allative plural)
duunarinasi (essive singular)
duunareinasi (essive plural)
duunariksesi (singular translative)
duunareiksesi (plural translative)
duunarittasi (abessive singular)
duunareittasi (abessive plural)
duunareinesi (comitative plural)
duunarimme (nominative singular)
duunarimme (nominative plural)
duunarimme (accusative nominative singular)
duunarimme (accusative nominative plural)
duunarimme (accusative genitive singular)
duunarimme (accusative genitive plural)
duunarimme (genitive singular)
duunariemme (genitive plural)
duunareidemme (genitive plural)
duunareittemme (genitive plural)
duunariamme (partitive singular)
duunareitamme (partitive plural)
duunarejamme (partitive plural)
duunarissamme (inessive singular)
duunareissamme (inessive plural)
duunaristamme (elative singular)
duunareistamme (elative plural)
duunariimme (illative singular)
duunareihimme (illative plural)
duunarillamme (adessive singular)
duunareillamme (adessive plural)
duunariltamme (ablative singular)
duunareiltamme (ablative plural)
duunarillemme (allative singular)
duunareillemme (allative plural)
duunarinamme (essive singular)
duunareinamme (essive plural)
duunariksemme (singular translative)
duunareiksemme (plural translative)
duunarittamme (abessive singular)
duunareittamme (abessive plural)
duunareinemme (comitative plural)
duunarinne (nominative singular)
duunarinne (nominative plural)
duunarinne (accusative nominative singular)
duunarinne (accusative nominative plural)
duunarinne (accusative genitive singular)
duunarinne (accusative genitive plural)
duunarinne (genitive singular)
duunarienne (genitive plural)
duunareidenne (genitive plural)
duunareittenne (genitive plural)
duunarianne (partitive singular)
duunareitanne (partitive plural)
duunarejanne (partitive plural)
duunarissanne (inessive singular)
duunareissanne (inessive plural)
duunaristanne (elative singular)
duunareistanne (elative plural)
duunariinne (illative singular)
duunareihinne (illative plural)
duunarillanne (adessive singular)
duunareillanne (adessive plural)
duunariltanne (ablative singular)
duunareiltanne (ablative plural)
duunarillenne (allative singular)
duunareillenne (allative plural)
duunarinanne (essive singular)
duunareinanne (essive plural)
duunariksenne (singular translative)
duunareiksenne (plural translative)
duunarittanne (abessive singular)
duunareittanne (abessive plural)
duunareinenne (comitative plural)
duunarinsa (nominative singular)
duunarinsa (nominative plural)
duunarinsa (accusative nominative singular)
duunarinsa (accusative nominative plural)
duunarinsa (accusative genitive singular)
duunarinsa (accusative genitive plural)
duunarinsa (genitive singular)
duunariensa (genitive plural)
duunareidensa (genitive plural)
duunareittensa (genitive plural)
duunariaan (partitive singular)
duunariansa (partitive singular)
duunareitaan (partitive plural)
duunarejaan (partitive plural)
duunareitansa (partitive plural)
duunarejansa (partitive plural)
duunarissaan (inessive singular)
duunarissansa (inessive singular)
duunareissaan (inessive plural)
duunareissansa (inessive plural)
duunaristaan (elative singular)
duunaristansa (elative singular)
duunareistaan (elative plural)
duunareistansa (elative plural)
duunariinsa (illative singular)
duunareihinsa (illative plural)
duunarillaan (adessive singular)
duunarillansa (adessive singular)
duunareillaan (adessive plural)
duunareillansa (adessive plural)
duunariltaan (ablative singular)
duunariltansa (ablative singular)
duunareiltaan (ablative plural)
duunareiltansa (ablative plural)
duunarilleen (allative singular)
duunarillensa (allative singular)
duunareilleen (allative plural)
duunareillensa (allative plural)
duunarinaan (essive singular)
duunarinansa (essive singular)
duunareinaan (essive plural)
duunareinansa (essive plural)
duunarikseen (singular translative)
duunariksensa (singular translative)
duunareikseen (plural translative)
duunareiksensa (plural translative)
duunarittaan (abessive singular)
duunarittansa (abessive singular)
duunareittaan (abessive plural)
duunareittansa (abessive plural)
duunareineen (comitative plural)
duunareinensa (comitative plural)

Corvus cornix
Corvus cornix#Translingual

(birdwatching) Synonym of varis (“hooded crow, grey crow, Corvus cornix”)


bongata

bongaan (first-person indicative present singular)
en bongaa (first-person indicative negative present singular)
olen bongannut (first-person indicative perfect singular)
en ole bongannut (first-person indicative negative perfect singular)
bongaat (indicative present second-person singular)
et bongaa (indicative negative present second-person singular)
olet bongannut (indicative perfect second-person singular)
et ole bongannut (indicative negative perfect second-person singular)
bongaa (indicative present singular third-person)
ei bongaa (indicative negative present singular third-person)
on bongannut (indicative perfect singular third-person)
ei ole bongannut (indicative negative perfect singular third-person)
bongaamme (first-person indicative plural present)
emme bongaa (first-person indicative negative plural present)
olemme bonganneet (first-person indicative perfect plural)
emme ole bonganneet (first-person indicative negative perfect plural)
bongaatte (indicative plural present second-person)
ette bongaa (indicative negative plural present second-person)
olette bonganneet (indicative perfect plural second-person)
ette ole bonganneet (indicative negative perfect plural second-person)
bongaavat (indicative plural present third-person)
eivät bongaa (indicative negative plural present third-person)
ovat bonganneet (indicative perfect plural third-person)
eivät ole bonganneet (indicative negative perfect plural third-person)
bongataan (indicative passive present)
ei bongata (indicative negative passive present)
on bongattu (indicative passive perfect)
ei ole bongattu (indicative negative passive perfect)
bongasin (first-person indicative past singular)
en bongannut (first-person indicative negative past singular)
olin bongannut (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
en ollut bongannut (first-person indicative negative pluperfect singular)
bongasit (indicative past second-person singular)
et bongannut (indicative negative past second-person singular)
olit bongannut (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
et ollut bongannut (indicative negative pluperfect second-person singular)
bongasi (indicative past singular third-person)
ei bongannut (indicative negative past singular third-person)
oli bongannut (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
ei ollut bongannut (indicative negative pluperfect singular third-person)
bongasimme (first-person indicative past plural)
emme bonganneet (first-person indicative negative past plural)
olimme bonganneet (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
emme olleet bonganneet (first-person indicative negative pluperfect plural)
bongasitte (indicative past plural second-person)
ette bonganneet (indicative negative past plural second-person)
olitte bonganneet (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
ette olleet bonganneet (indicative negative pluperfect plural second-person)
bongasivat (indicative past plural third-person)
eivät bonganneet (indicative negative past plural third-person)
olivat bonganneet (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
eivät olleet bonganneet (indicative negative pluperfect plural third-person)
bongattiin (indicative passive past)
ei bongattu (indicative negative passive past)
oli bongattu (indicative passive pluperfect)
ei ollut bongattu (indicative negative passive pluperfect)
bongaisin (conditional first-person present singular)
en bongaisi (conditional first-person negative present singular)
olisin bongannut (conditional first-person perfect singular)
en olisi bongannut (conditional first-person negative perfect singular)
bongaisit (conditional present second-person singular)
et bongaisi (conditional negative present second-person singular)
olisit bongannut (conditional perfect second-person singular)
et olisi bongannut (conditional negative perfect second-person singular)
bongaisi (conditional present singular third-person)
ei bongaisi (conditional negative present singular third-person)
olisi bongannut (conditional perfect singular third-person)
ei olisi bongannut (conditional negative perfect singular third-person)
bongaisimme (conditional first-person plural present)
emme bongaisi (conditional first-person negative plural present)
olisimme bonganneet (conditional first-person perfect plural)
emme olisi bonganneet (conditional first-person negative perfect plural)
bongaisitte (conditional plural present second-person)
ette bongaisi (conditional negative plural present second-person)
olisitte bonganneet (conditional perfect plural second-person)
ette olisi bonganneet (conditional negative perfect plural second-person)
bongaisivat (conditional plural present third-person)
eivät bongaisi (conditional negative plural present third-person)
olisivat bonganneet (conditional perfect plural third-person)
eivät olisi bonganneet (conditional negative perfect plural third-person)
bongattaisiin (conditional passive present)
ei bongattaisi (conditional negative passive present)
olisi bongattu (conditional passive perfect)
ei olisi bongattu (conditional negative passive perfect)
bongaa (imperative present second-person singular)
älä bongaa (imperative negative present second-person singular)
bongatkoon (imperative present singular third-person)
älköön bongatko (imperative negative present singular third-person)
olkoon bongannut (imperative perfect singular third-person)
älköön olko bongannut (imperative negative perfect singular third-person)
bongatkaamme (first-person imperative plural present)
älkäämme bongatko (first-person imperative negative plural present)
bongatkaa (imperative plural present second-person)
älkää bongatko (imperative negative plural present second-person)
bongatkoot (imperative plural present third-person)
älkööt bongatko (imperative negative plural present third-person)
olkoot bonganneet (imperative perfect plural third-person)
älkööt olko bonganneet (imperative negative perfect plural third-person)
bongattakoon (imperative passive present)
älköön bongattako (imperative negative passive present)
olkoon bongattu (imperative passive perfect)
älköön olko bongattu (imperative negative passive perfect)
bongannen (first-person potential present singular)
en bonganne (first-person negative potential present singular)
lienen bongannut (first-person perfect potential singular)
en liene bongannut (first-person negative perfect potential singular)
bongannet (potential present second-person singular)
et bonganne (negative potential present second-person singular)
lienet bongannut (perfect potential second-person singular)
et liene bongannut (negative perfect potential second-person singular)
bongannee (potential present singular third-person)
ei bonganne (negative potential present singular third-person)
lienee bongannut (perfect potential singular third-person)
ei liene bongannut (negative perfect potential singular third-person)
bongannemme (first-person plural potential present)
emme bonganne (first-person negative plural potential present)
lienemme bonganneet (first-person perfect plural potential)
emme liene bonganneet (first-person negative perfect plural potential)
bongannette (plural potential present second-person)
ette bonganne (negative plural potential present second-person)
lienette bonganneet (perfect plural potential second-person)
ette liene bonganneet (negative perfect plural potential second-person)
bongannevat (plural potential present third-person)
eivät bonganne (negative plural potential present third-person)
lienevät bonganneet (perfect plural potential third-person)
eivät liene bonganneet (negative perfect plural potential third-person)
bongattaneen (passive potential present)
ei bongattane (negative passive potential present)
lienee bongattu (passive perfect potential)
ei liene bongattu (negative passive perfect potential)
bongata (infinitive infinitive-i)
bongaava (active participle present)
bongattava (participle passive present)
bongatakseni (first-person possessive singular)
bongataksemme (first-person plural possessive)
bongataksesi (possessive second-person singular)
bongataksenne (plural possessive second-person)
bongatakseen (possessive third-person)
bongataksensa (possessive third-person)
bongannut (infinitive-i-long past)
bongattu (infinitive-i-long past)
bongatessa (inessive second-person)
bongattaessa (inessive second-person)
bongaama (agent)
bongatessani (first-person possessive singular)
bongatessamme (first-person plural possessive)
bongatessasi (possessive second-person singular)
bongatessanne (plural possessive second-person)
bongatessaan (possessive third-person)
bongatessansa (possessive third-person)
bongaamaton (inessive negative second-person)
bongaten (instructive second-person)
bongaamassa (inessive third-person)
bongaamasta (elative third-person)
bongaamaan (illative third-person)
bongaamalla (adessive third-person)
bongaamatta (abessive third-person)
bongaaman (instructive third-person)
bongattaman (instructive third-person)
bongaaminen (fourth-person noun-from-verb)
bongaamaisillani (first-person possessive singular)
bongaamaisillamme (first-person plural possessive)
bongaamaisillasi (possessive second-person singular)
bongaamaisillanne (plural possessive second-person)
bongaamaisillaan (possessive third-person)
bongaamaisillansa (possessive third-person)

From Swedish poäng (“point”); in slang also meaning "to (try to) score points".

[ˈbo̞ŋːɑ̝t̪ɑ̝(ʔ)]


LBJ

little brown job
little brown job#English

(birdwatching) Initialism of little brown job.


GISS

Variant of jizz as though originating from initialism of general impression size and shape (a popular folk etymology).

initialism of

(birdwatching) The general look of a bird.


red-throat

(British, birdwatching) The red-throated diver.


black-throat

black-throated diver
black-throated diver

Gavia arctica
Gavia arctica#Translingual

(British, birdwatching) The black-throated diver (Gavia arctica).


crestie

(Northern England, birdwatching) the great crested grebe.


great crest

(UK, informal, rare, birdwatching) the great crested grebe.


red-leg

red-legged partridge
red-legged partridge

(UK, birdwatching) The red-legged partridge.


spotshank

(UK, birdwatching, informal) The spotted redshank.


blackwit

(Yorkshire, birdwatching) the black-tailed godwit.


spot-red

(UK, birdwatching, slang) The spotted redshank.


rosy tern

(Yorkshire, birdwatching) the roseate tern.


kingy

From kingfisher + -y (“diminutive suffix”).

Alcedo atthis
Alcedo atthis#Translingual

(UK, slang, birdwatching) the kingfisher, Alcedo atthis.


goldie

Young "baldies" look just like "goldies" and are often shot by mistake.

[…] the golden eagle is the champion predator. And the most handsome, according to ornithologists, who affectionately call their subjects "goldies".

Golden eagles took up old eyries on Hebridean sea cliffs only after the white-tailed sea eagle became extinct. Goldies may hunt seabirds but never fish, and they always resort to flying inland for rabbits or hares as preferred prey.

2009, John A. Love, A natural history of St. Kilda:

Something which is golden in color.
(UK, birdwatching) The golden eagle.

Something which is golden in color.
The golden eagle.

“Each time the golden plover moved, its dunlin attendant followed, but when the goldie flew off to land on a wooden post, it triggered a bizarre cameo.

2005, Mark Cocker, Richard Mabey, Birds Britannica:

Both grey and golden had the folk name "whistling plover" in Britain, but you know from the habitat that Burns must have had the goldie in mind in his line, The deep-toned plover gray, wild whistling on the hill

2009, Jeremy Mynott, Birdscapes: Birds in Our Imagination and Experience:

Dunlins, 'the plover's page', lay their eggs in wetter flows, usually those having a complex of small pools; we often watched the dunlins following the goldies.

2010, Desmond Nethersole-Thompson, Waders: their Breeding, Haunts and Watchers, page 107:

Something which is golden in color.
(UK, birdwatching) The golden plover.

Something which is golden in color.
The golden plover.


tickable

(birdwatching) Of a bird, located so that it may be travelled to and viewed.

On landing the dark forms of the jungle fowl could be seen scattering across the airfield, but we were moving too fast for me to get a tickable view.

2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 109:

(birdwatching) Of an observation, good enough to ensure correct identification and therefore allow the bird to be added to a list of observed birds.


little brown job

en-noun

little brown job (plural little brown jobs)

(birdwatching, informal) One of any number of small, nondescript, sparrow-like bird species that are very hard to tell apart.


life bird

(birdwatching) A bird species seen for the first time by a birder who is keeping a list of all the species he or she has ever seen.


life list

I added twenty species for the year, fourteen of which I couldn't hope to see anywhere else but Mike forked out a lot of money to come a long way with not a single addition to his life list to show for it.

2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 112:

(birdwatching) A cumulative list of all the bird species a birder has ever sighted and identified.


kj

(chiefly birdwatching and ornithology) Abbreviation of kalenderjaar (“calendar year”).


Sibe

(birdwatching, colloquial) A Siberian crane.


count circle

(birdwatching) A designated radius in which bird populations are measured as part of a census.


seipiö

seipiö (nominative singular)
seipiöt (nominative plural)
seipiö (accusative nominative singular)
seipiöt (accusative nominative plural)
seipiön (accusative genitive singular)
seipiöt (accusative genitive plural)
seipiön (genitive singular)
seipiöiden (genitive plural)
seipiöitten (genitive plural)
seipiötä (partitive singular)
seipiöitä (partitive plural)
seipiössä (inessive singular)
seipiöissä (inessive plural)
seipiöstä (elative singular)
seipiöistä (elative plural)
seipiöön (illative singular)
seipiöihin (illative plural)
seipiöllä (adessive singular)
seipiöillä (adessive plural)
seipiöltä (ablative singular)
seipiöiltä (ablative plural)
seipiölle (allative singular)
seipiöille (allative plural)
seipiönä (essive singular)
seipiöinä (essive plural)
seipiöksi (singular translative)
seipiöiksi (plural translative)
seipiöttä (abessive singular)
seipiöittä (abessive plural)
seipiöin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
seipiöni (nominative singular)
seipiöni (nominative plural)
seipiöni (accusative nominative singular)
seipiöni (accusative nominative plural)
seipiöni (accusative genitive singular)
seipiöni (accusative genitive plural)
seipiöni (genitive singular)
seipiöideni (genitive plural)
seipiöitteni (genitive plural)
seipiötäni (partitive singular)
seipiöitäni (partitive plural)
seipiössäni (inessive singular)
seipiöissäni (inessive plural)
seipiöstäni (elative singular)
seipiöistäni (elative plural)
seipiööni (illative singular)
seipiöihini (illative plural)
seipiölläni (adessive singular)
seipiöilläni (adessive plural)
seipiöltäni (ablative singular)
seipiöiltäni (ablative plural)
seipiölleni (allative singular)
seipiöilleni (allative plural)
seipiönäni (essive singular)
seipiöinäni (essive plural)
seipiökseni (singular translative)
seipiöikseni (plural translative)
seipiöttäni (abessive singular)
seipiöittäni (abessive plural)
seipiöineni (comitative plural)
seipiösi (nominative singular)
seipiösi (nominative plural)
seipiösi (accusative nominative singular)
seipiösi (accusative nominative plural)
seipiösi (accusative genitive singular)
seipiösi (accusative genitive plural)
seipiösi (genitive singular)
seipiöidesi (genitive plural)
seipiöittesi (genitive plural)
seipiötäsi (partitive singular)
seipiöitäsi (partitive plural)
seipiössäsi (inessive singular)
seipiöissäsi (inessive plural)
seipiöstäsi (elative singular)
seipiöistäsi (elative plural)
seipiöösi (illative singular)
seipiöihisi (illative plural)
seipiölläsi (adessive singular)
seipiöilläsi (adessive plural)
seipiöltäsi (ablative singular)
seipiöiltäsi (ablative plural)
seipiöllesi (allative singular)
seipiöillesi (allative plural)
seipiönäsi (essive singular)
seipiöinäsi (essive plural)
seipiöksesi (singular translative)
seipiöiksesi (plural translative)
seipiöttäsi (abessive singular)
seipiöittäsi (abessive plural)
seipiöinesi (comitative plural)
seipiömme (nominative singular)
seipiömme (nominative plural)
seipiömme (accusative nominative singular)
seipiömme (accusative nominative plural)
seipiömme (accusative genitive singular)
seipiömme (accusative genitive plural)
seipiömme (genitive singular)
seipiöidemme (genitive plural)
seipiöittemme (genitive plural)
seipiötämme (partitive singular)
seipiöitämme (partitive plural)
seipiössämme (inessive singular)
seipiöissämme (inessive plural)
seipiöstämme (elative singular)
seipiöistämme (elative plural)
seipiöömme (illative singular)
seipiöihimme (illative plural)
seipiöllämme (adessive singular)
seipiöillämme (adessive plural)
seipiöltämme (ablative singular)
seipiöiltämme (ablative plural)
seipiöllemme (allative singular)
seipiöillemme (allative plural)
seipiönämme (essive singular)
seipiöinämme (essive plural)
seipiöksemme (singular translative)
seipiöiksemme (plural translative)
seipiöttämme (abessive singular)
seipiöittämme (abessive plural)
seipiöinemme (comitative plural)
seipiönne (nominative singular)
seipiönne (nominative plural)
seipiönne (accusative nominative singular)
seipiönne (accusative nominative plural)
seipiönne (accusative genitive singular)
seipiönne (accusative genitive plural)
seipiönne (genitive singular)
seipiöidenne (genitive plural)
seipiöittenne (genitive plural)
seipiötänne (partitive singular)
seipiöitänne (partitive plural)
seipiössänne (inessive singular)
seipiöissänne (inessive plural)
seipiöstänne (elative singular)
seipiöistänne (elative plural)
seipiöönne (illative singular)
seipiöihinne (illative plural)
seipiöllänne (adessive singular)
seipiöillänne (adessive plural)
seipiöltänne (ablative singular)
seipiöiltänne (ablative plural)
seipiöllenne (allative singular)
seipiöillenne (allative plural)
seipiönänne (essive singular)
seipiöinänne (essive plural)
seipiöksenne (singular translative)
seipiöiksenne (plural translative)
seipiöttänne (abessive singular)
seipiöittänne (abessive plural)
seipiöinenne (comitative plural)
seipiönsä (nominative singular)
seipiönsä (nominative plural)
seipiönsä (accusative nominative singular)
seipiönsä (accusative nominative plural)
seipiönsä (accusative genitive singular)
seipiönsä (accusative genitive plural)
seipiönsä (genitive singular)
seipiöidensä (genitive plural)
seipiöittensä (genitive plural)
seipiötään (partitive singular)
seipiötänsä (partitive singular)
seipiöitään (partitive plural)
seipiöitänsä (partitive plural)
seipiössään (inessive singular)
seipiössänsä (inessive singular)
seipiöissään (inessive plural)
seipiöissänsä (inessive plural)
seipiöstään (elative singular)
seipiöstänsä (elative singular)
seipiöistään (elative plural)
seipiöistänsä (elative plural)
seipiöönsä (illative singular)
seipiöihinsä (illative plural)
seipiöllään (adessive singular)
seipiöllänsä (adessive singular)
seipiöillään (adessive plural)
seipiöillänsä (adessive plural)
seipiöltään (ablative singular)
seipiöltänsä (ablative singular)
seipiöiltään (ablative plural)
seipiöiltänsä (ablative plural)
seipiölleen (allative singular)
seipiöllensä (allative singular)
seipiöilleen (allative plural)
seipiöillensä (allative plural)
seipiönään (essive singular)
seipiönänsä (essive singular)
seipiöinään (essive plural)
seipiöinänsä (essive plural)
seipiökseen (singular translative)
seipiöksensä (singular translative)
seipiöikseen (plural translative)
seipiöiksensä (plural translative)
seipiöttään (abessive singular)
seipiöttänsä (abessive singular)
seipiöittään (abessive plural)
seipiöittänsä (abessive plural)
seipiöineen (comitative plural)
seipiöinensä (comitative plural)

(birdwatching) finnstick (stick used to support a pair of binoculars)


twitchable

en-adj

twitchable (comparative more twitchable, superlative most twitchable)

more twitchable (comparative)
most twitchable (superlative)

(birdwatching) Of a bird, able to be visited and viewed by birders.


grip off

en-verb

grip off (third-person singular simple present grips off, present participle gripping off, simple past and past participle gripped off)

grips off (present singular third-person)
gripping off (participle present)
gripped off (participle past)
gripped off (past)

(birdwatching, transitive) To tease or taunt another birdwatcher about a bird you have seen but they missed out on.


commic tern

Sterna hirundo
Sterna hirundo#Translingual

Sterna paradisaea
Sterna paradisaea#Translingual

(birdwatching) A tern that is either a common tern, Sterna hirundo, or an arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea.


gropper

Enjoyed a wide range of Sedge warblers, heard a gropper, and saw a spoonbill, and our first house martins and swifts of the year. The avocets were grand (nearly 50 of them) and not as argumentative as usual at his time of the year.

2001 April 29, Michael J Davis, “A grand day out and request for help”, in uk.rec.birdwatching (Usenet):

These overwhelmingly male gatherings remind me of paparazzi flocks I’ve encountered. Like a reluctant celebrity, the Pallas’s “gropper” (twitchers have their own language, as well as paparazzi-style ripping yarns about this trip or that shot) was skulking in the bushes.

2017 September 25, Patrick Barkham, “Twitchers and groppers: when birdwatching turns ugly”, in The Guardian:

(UK, informal, birdwatching) The grasshopper warbler.


anas unox

From taxonomic translingual Anas (itself from Latin anas (“duck”), found in the taxonomic names of several duck species, and the brand name Unox, known primarily for their sausages. The brand name Unox here is perhaps a reference to the term soepeend (literally “soup duck”), a semi-jocular term for domestic ducks: Unox produces various canned and other ready-made soups, and is also particularly known for their rookworst (“smoked sausage”), a type of sausage that is commonly eaten in soup during the winter in the Netherlands.

(humorous, birdwatching slang) the hybrid of a domestic duck and wild ducks


oblot

oblot (nominative singular)
obloty (nominative plural)
oblotu (genitive singular)
oblotów (genitive plural)
oblotowi (dative singular)
oblotom (dative plural)
oblot (accusative singular)
obloty (accusative plural)
oblotem (instrumental singular)
oblotami (instrumental plural)
oblocie (locative singular)
oblotach (locative plural)
oblocie (singular vocative)
obloty (plural vocative)

(birdwatching) activity in which birds fly freely in the wild in order to develop skills


noordse dief

nl-noun

noordse dief m (plural noordse dieven, diminutive noords diefje n)

noordse dieven (plural)
noords diefje (diminutive neuter)

Literally, “nordic thief”, a blend of noordse stern (“arctic tern”, literally “nordic tern”) + visdief (“common tern”, literally “fish-thief”). These two tern species resemble each other a great deal visually and distinguishing features based on which an exact determination can be made are often difficult to spot from a distance in the field, especially by casual observers. This has led some birders to refer to birds they observe of these species using this more general term instead of attempting an exact determination.

blend

(birdwatching) a bird that is either a common tern (Sterna hirundo) or an arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea), but which cannot be determined with certainty


gacor

Perhaps a blend of gampang (“easy”) + bocor (“to leake”).

(birdwatching) of a bird, being able and strong enough to chirp continuously


fence hopper

(birdwatching) A bird that has escaped from an enclosure, zoo, or the like, as opposed to a genuine wild bird.


shorb

The first of the rare species of shorb for AZ I started finding this fall was the Semipalmated Sandpiper, an overlooked and overeported species in Maricopa County.

2016 September 10, Caleb Strand, “Fall Madness: Shorebirding And More!!!”, in Birding With Caleb (blog), archived from the original on 2023-11-23:

With it was a much larger curlew species: Long-billed Curlew (the largest regularly occurring shorb in the ABA)

2019 December 20, Jared Conaway, “On The Wesside Feelin Like a Great”, in AK-AZ Birder (blog), archived from the original on 2024-04-12:

Unfortunately people coming back down the beach flushed the small shorb flock but they flew to the golf course and stuck around a bit.

2023 September 24, Mary Walsh, “Archived copy”, in Macaulay Library, archived from the original on 2024-04-12:


bruine kiek

nl-noun

bruine kiek m (plural bruine kieken, diminutive bruin kiekje n)

bruine kieken (plural)
bruin kiekje (diminutive neuter)

bruine kiekendief
bruine kiekendief#Dutch

(birdwatching slang) Apocopic form of bruine kiekendief (“western marsh harrier”)


seawatching

From sea + watching, after birdwatching.

(birdwatching) A type of birdwatching where participants observe seabirds from a fixed point on the mainland.