or·ni·thos·co·py \-pē\noun (-es) Etymology: Greek ornithoskopia, from ornithoskopos predicting by observing the flight of birds (from ornith- + skopos observer — from skopein to view, watch — ) + -ia -y — more at spy 1.: ornithomancy 2.: bird-watching < would alternate ornithoscopy with entomology — Rose Macaulay >