shorb

See also: Shorb

English

Etymology

Clipping of shorebird.

Noun

shorb (plural shorbs)

1. (birdwatching, informal) A shorebird.
   • 2016 September 10, Caleb Strand, “Fall Madness: Shorebirding And More!!!”, in Birding With Caleb‎^[1] (blog), archived from the original on 23 December 2023:

     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.

   • 2019 December 20, Jared Conaway, “On The Wesside Feelin Like a Great”, in AK-AZ Birder‎^[2] (blog), archived from the original on 12 April 2024:

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

   • 2023 September 24, Mary Walsh, Macaulay Library‎^[3], archived from the original on 12 April 2024:

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