birdbond
/ˈbɜːdˌbɒnd/verbVerified NewAlso in: Vogelverbrüdern (Deutsch) · aveamistad (Español) · oiseautamie (Français)
To name a garden bird, learn its habits, and consider the relationship mutual.
To birdbond is to recognize the same robin by its missing feather and to speak to it through glass. The bird is reported at dinner, defended in feederpolitics, and mourned if a season passes without it. The bond is one-sided by every scientific measure and entirely mutual by the window's.
Etym. — bird + bond — the attachment formed with a named wild neighbor.
Rel. — birdbureaucracy · feederpolitics
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