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  • noun Plural form of ornithologist.

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  • Experts who work with birds are known as ornithologists, but they do many and varied jobs.

    AvaxHome 2010

  • "ornithologists" -- I have never seen that before!

    The Race to Save the Lord God Bird (copy) ____Maggie 2008

  • He belongs with his brother "ornithologists" of the roccolos, who net their "game" with the aid of _blind_ birds!

    Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895

  • Weather – cold and wet weather like in Arkansas New Year's Eve when the birds fell out of the sky – is often associated with mass bird deaths, ornithologists say.

    FACT CHECK: Mass Bird, Fish Deaths Occur Regularly AP 2011

  • Weather – cold and wet weather like in Arkansas New Year's Eve when the birds fell out of the sky – is often associated with mass bird deaths, ornithologists say.

    FACT CHECK: Mass Bird, Fish Deaths Occur Regularly AP 2011

  • But ornithologists later began referring to this species as Phalacrocorax olivaceus because they considered the original discovery to be uncertain.

    Mystery bird: Neotropic cormorant, Phalacrocorax brasilianus 2011

  • But ornithologists later began referring to this species as Phalacrocorax olivaceus because they considered the original discovery to be uncertain.

    Mystery bird: Neotropic cormorant, Phalacrocorax brasilianus 2011

  • Nevertheless, ornithologists have discovered that their numbers have plunged by more than 90% since the 1950s, with factors such as climate change and over-fishing of squid and octopus – the penguins' main source of food – being put forward as possible causes.

    Tristan da Cunha islanders rescue rockhopper penguins threatened by oil slick 2011

  • There was also a wide variety of PhDs—everything from psychologists, anthropologists, linguists, and mathematicians to ornithologists—as well as an assortment of creative types, including artists, writers, journalists, inventors, and advertising men.

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • There was also a wide variety of PhDs—everything from psychologists, anthropologists, linguists, and mathematicians to ornithologists—as well as an assortment of creative types, including artists, writers, journalists, inventors, and advertising men.

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

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