“A bird needs wings for lift, tail feathers for control, and lightweight bones.”

“I saw a birdie perched on a tree branch, chirping proudly and showing off its beautiful feathers.”

“He is also a fanatic birder, the kind who has devoted his life to seeking out rare and exotic avifauna from pole to pole.”

“My uncle Larry is a birder and the way he writes about birding makes me think it is something I will eventually do as well.”

“While I was thumbing through my field guide, a lady came up to me and introduced herself as a fellow birder.”

“In the nest a newborn birdling stands awkwardly with its beak open wide, straining in the throes of infancy.”

“The one that yells loudest is fed first and continues to be fed until another birdling yells louder.”

“These young birdling things are driving me to the point of borrowing a gun.”

“A bird needs wings for lift, tail feathers for control, and lightweight bones.”

“A bird needs wings for lift, tail feathers for control, and lightweight bones.”

“The fruite is long, flat, and thinne, almost lyke to a feather of a small birde, or lyke the whing of a grashopper.”

“The hole is nice and straight though and a real birde opportunity if you can find a couple of decent straight hits.”

“He lived with a couple called Mr and Mrs Birdikin above their shop and used to eat a hearty breakfast of bacon and eggs every day.”

“I can imagine picking up a nest of birdlings to raise in hopes of their survival from the devastation and blight that is being wreaked upon their surroundings.”

“The elation in the air was probably palpable as birders trained their scopes and cameras on the accidental tourist for a once-in-a-lifetime view.”

“Maybe I'll even add a few non-Coulee Audubon birders to my life list in the process.”

“Alaska, the last frontier, is a premier destination for birders, botanists, and wildlife watchers.”