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spark bird

spark bird noun: a particular bird that piques one's interest in birdwatching.

Noun

spark bird (plural spark birds)

  1. A particular bird that piques one's interest in birdwatching.
    • The spark bird is a moment of epiphany, a conversion experience. There are “born-again birders,” no joking, and many birders cleave their lives neatly in two: “before the spark” and “after the spark.”2019, Ted Floyd, How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding, National Geographic Books, →ISBN, page 29
    • As we start walking we spot a red-winged blackbird. It’s a very significant bird in Cooper’s life, he calls it his “spark bird”, a term used to describe the type of bird that first converts a person to birdwatching.[2023 June 19, Morgan Jerkins, “‘She doesn’t have the power’: Central Park birdwatcher Christian Cooper on why racist ‘incident’ won’t define him”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of spark bird

pluralspark birds

Questions about spark bird

What does spark bird mean?
Spark bird means a particular bird that piques one's interest in birdwatching.
What part of speech is spark bird?
Spark bird is a noun.
What is the plural of spark bird?
The plural of spark bird is spark birds.

Words near spark bird in the dictionary

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