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Why are bird watchers called twitchers? | Notes and Queries
The very mention of some exotic avian delight, a purple peruvian rock thrush for example, sends them into paroxisms. They literally twitch; hence "twitchers".
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What Is A Twitcher? - Bird Spot
A twitcher is someone who goes to extraordinary lengths to see new bird species. While most bird watchers are content to spot birds in their local patch.
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www.birdspot.co.uk
Twitch
Twitch is an interactive livestreaming service for content spanning gaming, entertainment, sports, music, and more.
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twitcher
twitcher (ˈtwɪtʃə(r)) [f. twitch v.1 + -er1.] One who or that which twitches. 1. An instrument for plucking or pinching something. † a. An instrument for clinching hog-rings; cf. hog-ringer (hog n.1 13). Obs. † b. = twitch n.1 3 b. Obs. † c. Tweezers for extracting superfluous hairs. Obs. † d. Tweez...
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Twitchers' vocabulary - Wikipedia
Twitchers' vocabulary is the set of jargon words used by twitchers (committed birdwatchers who travel long distances to see a new species)
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TWITCHER | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
TWITCHER meaning: 1. a birdwatcher (= someone whose hobby is watching wild birds in their natural environment…. Learn more.
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Twitcher Rock
Twitcher Rock () is a rock in the southern part of Douglas Strait, 55 meters high and 140 to 150 meters in diameter, lying 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km) They named it for John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, who was popularly known by the nickname Jemmy Twitcher.
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How to be a twitcher - Discover Wildlife
Avid bird watchers are often called twitchers. Learn more about twitching, and if it is something you want to get involved in in our expert twitching guide.
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www.discoverwildlife.com
The Difference Between Birding And Twitching - Binocular Base
Twitching is an extreme kind of bird watching, twitchers tend to be overly obsessed with searching for more birds than anyone else.
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TWITCHER definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. a person or thing that twitches 2. informal a bird-watcher who tries to spot as many rare varieties as possible.
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Birding? Twitching? Lifelist? What do These Things Mean?
A twitcher is not the same thing as a bird-watcher or a birder. It means someone who travels long distances to see a rare bird to tick off their life list.
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Twitcher Glacier
Twitcher Glacier () is a glacier, 4 miles (6 km) long, which flows east from the Salvesen Range to the east coast of South Georgia, immediately south of Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1771–82, who was popularly known as "Jemmy Twitcher
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twitching
▪ I. twitching, vbl. n.1 (ˈtwɪtʃɪŋ) [f. twitch v.1 + -ing1.] The action of the verb twitch; jerking, plucking; nipping; convulsive or spasmodic movement; (see also quot. 1980). attrib.1607 Markham Caval. i. xviii. (1617) 75 Let them which haue hold vpon the halter, with twitchings and strainings tor...
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Richard Millington
Richard Millington is also a twitcher. He is one of a small number of birders who have seen over 500 species in Britain. of twitching was still in its infancy, seeing 300 species of bird in the wild in Britain throughout the course of the year, and his illustrated book A Twitcher's
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