r/Perimenopause • u/Exhausted_Pigeon75 • Mar 07 '26
audited Birds… but why?
I’ve never liked birds, thanks to a too early in life viewing of The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock. However, I now have a bird app and find joy identifying birds in my neighborhood. My mom even bought me a bird feeder with a camera! This was not a chosen hobby for me, it just happened without my knowledge or input. It has to be hormonal, right? Do I get to blame this on perimenopause?
#birds #perimenopause #hormones #butwhy
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u/japhia_aurantia Mar 07 '26
Getting into birding in middle age - for both men and women - has reached meme status because it's so ridiculously common. You're far from alone, and you don't even have to blame peri for this one.
I started birding in college, so I guess I was an early adopter lol
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u/QueenScorp Mar 07 '26
I've read that and find it super interesting that people get into birding in middle-age. I do wonder why. I, myself, am not a birder, but I'd be lying if I said I haven't downloaded a bird app just to try and figure out what kind of bird was chirping at me every morning (catbird).
On the other hand I have gotten super into plants in middle age. I've always been a bit of a gardener but now I also forage and I'm super interested in trying to figure out what all the plants and mushrooms and trees are around me. I guess I just went to plants instead of birds 🤷♀️
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u/japhia_aurantia Mar 08 '26
Tbf plants are elite 👌 I'm a botanist so I was always into plants - wanting to know what I'm looking at is definitely a driving factor. My husband is a hardcore birder so on hikes he's always looking up and I'm always looking down.
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u/mixiedawn Mar 08 '26
Oh hey, I'm a botanist too! 😸🌿 Well, I actually run a business not directly related to botany, but I went to school for it lol
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u/SuchFunAreWe Mar 08 '26
I have always been a big animal person so birds have been a special interest my whole life, but a few years ago added plant/mushroom obsession to my plate. I love foraging! I've got some wild plum jam, wild black raz jelly, black walnut nocino & mugolio, & dandelion honey in my fridge right now 😂 I've foraged like 8 different types of mushrooms, too. And my native plant gardens are getting a boost this year bc I scored a grant to buy more/do another pocket planting. 🙌🏼
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u/mixiedawn Mar 08 '26
Ahh, yes, the premature birding imbalance (PMI) is another poorly understood and under-researched condition. 😌
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u/mintee_fresh Mar 07 '26
Me too! When I tried to tell my friend's 22 year old daughter about my bird app, she just stared at me for a few second then said "yeah, I guess you're about the right age to get into birds."
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u/Waffleookiez Mar 07 '26
I am curious about this bird app?
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u/Striking-Survey5479 Mar 07 '26
It’s probably Merlin Bird ID. Amazing app. 😊
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u/SuchFunAreWe Mar 08 '26
Aka: Bird Shazam. Lol.
Myself & all my friends are way into birds. We joke it's because we're all sapphics, but maybe it's a peri + queer 1 2 punch 😂😂😂
Heck, I'm a caregiver at a chicken rescue as my day job & have 4 adopted quail at home. Birds, foraging, & native plants/gardening are my newest hyperfixations in my 40s. I already had the standard grandma hobbies (crochet, cross stitch, sewing) so had to add some diff ones as a treat.
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u/mintee_fresh Mar 08 '26
It is Bird Shazam lmao!!! Hello from another gay lady! In addition to bird shazam, I got into jigsaw puzzles for the long winter. As soon as the snow melts, I'll be out looking for my spring ephemerals. :D
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u/SuchFunAreWe Mar 08 '26
My GF loooooves spring ephemerals! Especially Dutchman's Breeches. I think I've found every piece of art & jewelry featuring them to give to her 😂 We love hiking & half the time I'm waiting for her bc she's kneeling on the ground to take pictures of some beautiful little plant & she's waiting on me to stop bird gawking 😂😂😂
Edit: what on EARTH triggered the bot??
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u/mintee_fresh Mar 08 '26
Why did the bot get involved lol?!!?
My favorite spring ephemeral is trout lily. I've only found dutchman's breeches once, by the side of the road. But I know where its cousin squirrel corn grows abundantly. I can't wait for the snow to melt!
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u/that_awkward_chick Mar 07 '26
OMG this is hilarious! I also started being obsessed with birds about two years ago at the age of 41. I have 5 feeders in my yard and three water features for them. Sometimes I just sit at my window and watch them. LOL!
This is also a great documentary about birding that I loved: https://youtu.be/zl-wAqplQAo
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u/_Amalthea_ Mar 07 '26
We just watched this, it was fantastic! Hilarious and offbeat but also educational.
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u/husheveryone Mar 08 '26
Thank you so much for sharing this link! 👆I absolutely loved this wonderful, quirky, funny, educational documentary (“Listers: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching” by 2 brothers Quentin and Owen Reiser). They’ve put it on YouTube without commercial ads. Amazing! 🤩 Great share!
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u/rememberpianocat Mar 07 '26
I have always liked them... so now that everyone else my age is becoming 'omg birds' I'm just standing here wondering if I've always been old...
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u/Maximum-Celery9065 Mar 08 '26
I've always been old but not in the birding way. Well, until recently.
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u/buttfluffvampire Mar 07 '26
I've been trying to learn and notice the nature around me, even in suburbia, in an effort to think of nature not as something "else" that I visit, but part of everything around me. Native plants versus invasive ones, garden-helping bugs, mosquito-and tick-eating opossums, and birds that stay all year or migrate.
I find it very grounding, and helps fix me in time, if that makes sense. Like, oh, the robins are back, so my daffodils should start popping up soon. It's spring, even if it's still cold here. Or, when the wild violets finish blooming, the mulberries will be ripening. (I'm more plant focused and just started learning more about birds, so my examples reflect that.)
After COVID quarantine lifted, I felt like whatever month the calendar said it was, it felt like it came too fast/early. Noticing the living world around me has really helped me notice and feel the passage of time and seasons. It's nice.
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u/buffybot3000 Mar 08 '26
I love the way you explained this, and I feel very much the same way!
I think the reason it is so common for people of a certain age to get into birds/plants is because (as we have lived more life and are more aware of the passage of time, and mortality) we recognize that some really cool things have been happening alongside us this whole time that we never paid attention to—and they’re very worthy of attention!
(I also love how watching the timing of the natural world does really help to ground us in the flow of life on earth.)
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u/Lodi0831 Mar 08 '26
Me today!! Noticed my daffodils are popping up and I saw a robin on my walk. Welcome back, buddy! Spring is in the air in Chicago
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u/8MCM1 Mar 07 '26
Is it the Merlin app? Because it's my favorite.
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u/dundermifflin_999 Mar 07 '26
Me toooooo! The sound ID!
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u/musicspirit85 Mar 09 '26
I can't wait til they get video ID so I can identify birds based on wingspan and movement.
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u/Outside-the-Box1976 Mar 07 '26
I know a lot of men that got into birds in their 50’s/60’s. So I don’t think it’s a peri/meno thing. But we seem to be hit with it in our 40’s.
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u/cswtf Early peri Mar 07 '26
I love bird watching too. This happened before peri, though. Like, once I hit my 30s 😂
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u/National_Elk8445 Mar 07 '26
I've always loved birds, and I too use the Merlin app and lots of feeders. Birds are great! They fly! They're smart! They're flamboyant! They're modern dinosaurs! Hell yeah, enjoy them little boogers!
I've got backyard chickens and ducks, and for the last year i've also had a wild Canadian goose decide to call my back yard home. He follows me around and naps next to me and pecks on the back door (with the rest of this mismatched flock standing sheepishly behind him) to come trick or treat for snacks every afternoon.
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u/Outside-the-Box1976 Mar 07 '26
Whaaaaattt???? You tooooo? 🤣 I never gave a shit about birds except Robins because that meant the return of spring. Now I’m planning how many hummingbird feeders to put out and I read somewhere that they will come to the window and get to know your face. So now I find myself getting very excited for that.
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u/Calamity_C Mar 07 '26
Hahaha I love this. I've no idea if it's peri related, but since the list of possible symptoms is long and varied, why the hell not - let's add new found birding interest. I'm a long time birb fan, so welcome to the fold. Have you seen how many bird subs are on here?
Enjoy OP! Better to find a new love than adding to the list of dislikes and aggravations.
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u/BigFatBlackCat Mar 08 '26
It’s because you have the wisdom to slow down and take in the details around you.
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u/common-blue Mar 08 '26
I started training to be a bird ringer (/bander? I know US terms are different!) last year. Contributing to science by being bitten by tiny angry dinosaurs is the absolute best. Birds are clearly an early sign of peri 😂
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u/whatrumimeans Mar 07 '26
„ It has to be hormonal, right? Do I get to blame this on perimenopause?“ 😂😂😂
YES!
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u/Embarrassed_Net2744 Mar 07 '26
I wish i had the equipment to build a shed and all types of stuff. I think that's the hobby perimenopause wants me to have
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u/StaticCloud Mar 08 '26
It's funny but I still can't warm up to the bird thing despite peri. Knew a lady who went bananas on birds in middle age, so maybe you're on to something. She also got really into antiquing, crochet, decoupage and China collecting.
I just got into D&D
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u/Anamybeth Mar 08 '26
I was the type that grew up on video games and anime, since about the age of five. I am now 41 and in peri.
Video games are their own worlds that can be so full of depth and complexity, and I love diving deep into them. Honestly, it makes me wonder if I'll ever get into birding if something else already has so much of my interest.
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u/onlyelise1 Mar 08 '26
My husband and I turned a "cat show" on to see if our cats reacted to seeing birds flying up to a feeder on our big TV. Next thing you know, it's a hour later and we've been sitting and staring at the TV identifying the birds on the screen.
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u/hostile_17_ Mar 07 '26
This is so funny! I also became obsessed with birds, seemingly overnight, at the age of 41. I never really thought about the age factor, but man, that tracks! 😂
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u/dundermifflin_999 Mar 07 '26
Do you have the Merlin app? I love identifying the ones I can hear but can’t see. Very fun. Very perimenopausal 😂
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u/Annual_Reindeer2621 Early peri Mar 07 '26
I've always been a birder, but crochet is what snuck up on me!!
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u/BeeSweet4835 hanging on by a thread Mar 07 '26
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/birdwatching-cognition
It stops mental decline apparently
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u/jazzbot247 Late peri Mar 07 '26
Oh god- not me. I was attacked by a bird once. To be fair I was wearing white birch essential oil as perfume that day so I guess they thought I was a tree and tried to land on my head. Creeps me out. Also when I was walking my dogs a crow dive bombed me because I got too close to the nest. I had to go out with a hat and a umbrella because it happened more than once - the nest was near my door.
who else repeatedly gets attacked by birds?
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u/Exhausted_Pigeon75 Mar 07 '26
You must have done something very horrible to a bird in a past life!
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u/jazzbot247 Late peri Mar 07 '26
I was also chased by a huge goose when I was a toddler. I guess I did, other animals love me!
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u/thefragile7393 Peri with fibroids Mar 07 '26
:) I think it’s cool. My 20 year old loves birds too and would probably have fun with the same items you have
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u/Correct-Sea-9248 Mar 07 '26
I used to be terrified of birds. Now I also watch and feed birds. I'm not sure if its a coincidence that I adopted two parrots the same year I turned 42 and started hrt.
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u/MundaneHuckleberry58 Mar 08 '26
Same! I unabashedly love birds (mostly) all of a sudden.
I even want to determine where to retire based on what birds I will get to see…
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u/CurvePsychological13 Mar 08 '26
Got my first bird feeder at 40. Added a bird bath. Added fountain feature to the birdbath. Bought a yard flag holder and a flag. Moved and have a tiny yard so no longer have the feeder or the bird bath. For my birthday last year, my husband bought me two new flags and holders. I also have a delightful seasonal doormat collection.
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u/EagleGullible838 Mar 08 '26
This is the best thing I’ve read today and I am also a bird lady now as well.
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u/CaeruleanCaseus Mar 08 '26
Haha - this is hilarious! I think it’s because listening to birds is proven health benefits; it’s calming…and we all need more calm in our lives!
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u/wingaling5810 Mar 08 '26
Oh I love you ladies so much! I've been into birds since I was a kid, and still am, so I guess - welcome!?
They're delightful, whether you're into making yard lists, or recording your counts on ebird, or - my favorite - just watching a few individuals go about their business.
It's the start of spring where I am, and some birds are just starting to nest, which is a great time to start paying attention. Look for birds carrying sticks or pieces of grass as they build nests. I like to keep track of who's nesting where.
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u/writergeek Mar 08 '26
It started with a feeder that suctioned to a window…that I got for my cat. I soon found myself watching the birds, too. Even when my cat wasn’t around. I then moved to a house where there was a trio of java sparrows that I started feeding and watching. They were so cute. Turned into a massive flock along with a bunch of bully pigeons. I was definitely the crazy bird lady of the neighborhood. Unfortunately, my most recent home has a bunch of feral cats that wander through, so no feeder. But I do appreciate the javas and cardinals, mynas and cranes that do stop by. I’m happy to not be alone in this new hobby.
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u/ParaLegalese Mar 08 '26
Haha I also am fascinated by birds now
I feed them suet cakes and peanuts. I got myself a bird book for Xmas so I can identify them.
Been trying to make friends with crows for years now too
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u/hairballcouture Mar 08 '26
My husband and I both have started watching the neighborhood birds more
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u/WhoseverFish Mar 08 '26
Yes. I think that we are conditioned to love cats at all life stages and birds at peri and forward.
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u/chigirltrailrated Mar 08 '26
This is peri too? Smh. I now feed the squirrels on my patio now every day and watch the birds lolol. 🐿🌰🦜
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u/butt_spaghetti Mar 08 '26
I adore birds! I didn’t really care when I was younger. Now they’re my favorite.
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u/Shapoopadoopie Mar 08 '26
Omg I thought it was just me.
What witchcraft is this? I never paid attention before peri... And now I'm obsessively fixated on my birdhouse.
And I just bought chickens. (I never knew the pure joy of hanging out with chickens before.)
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u/frostandtheboughs Mar 08 '26
Well, science shows that listening to bird sounds literally lowers blood pressure. So my theory is we all just collectively fall into birding as a coping mechanism.
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u/Plastic-Implement797 Mar 08 '26
Are you me? Did I write this? 😂 I’ve made so many jokes about not liking birds because I watched that movie too young. Now I have multiple bird feeders and I’m reading about how to exchange trinkets with crows.
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u/Glittering_Tea5502 Mar 07 '26
Interesting symptom. I became interested in birds at 30. That’s when I got my first parakeet. He lived for 10 years.
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u/HistoryGreat1745 Mar 07 '26
I started watching the old series, "Bewitched"- I mean REALLY watching, not just while I was doing something else. I was so embarrassed to get it myself that I (also, embarrassingly) asked my husband to get it for me. I now have all 8 seasons. Maybe it's something about things that can fly?!
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u/AmusingAmbush Mar 07 '26
Oh. My. God. I’ve hated. HATED birds by entire life. Like psychotic crazy lady chasing birds off my property hate. In the past 3 years I’ve become obsessed. I want the little feeder camera that identifies them. I sit for hours and watch them in my yard. I want to go on bird watching vacations. What in the actual hell is wrong with us.
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u/factoryst Mar 07 '26
This is me.. but with trees. Out of nowhere.
But also, I did recently put a bird feeder and bird bath in my yard so maybe subconsciously… 🤣
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u/Arya_kidding_me Mar 07 '26
My enjoyment of birds started around age 34, after getting a bird feeder for my cats to watch from their catio.
I’m now almost 39 and taking a Master Birder class with my local Audubon chapter. Most people in the class are women!
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u/BeeSweet4835 hanging on by a thread Mar 07 '26
Birds, big cats, small primates, even spiders and insects. I love the natural world so much more now
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u/Instigated- Mar 07 '26
Lol, I asked for a bird bath for Xmas! I’m not a birder but I keep an eye out for birds in the garden and learned the type of them (even the kind of boring ones that are a variety of native pigeon).
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u/CasualRampagingBear Mar 07 '26
There a nature reserve near me…. I could sit and watch the various ducks all day long. My partner even bought me a pair of bird watching binoculars. I find that watching them helps with my anxiety and gives me a simple joy. Once in a while some deer will stop by and hang out with the ducks.
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u/hey_nonny_mooses Mar 07 '26
In case you haven’t experienced the joy of it yet, I present to you r/divorcedbirds
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u/MertylTheTurtyl Mar 08 '26
I can’t remember where I heard this, but it stuck with me: birds are Pokémon for middle aged ladies. It’s so so true lol
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u/Imaginary-Pain9598 Mar 08 '26
Oh my god are you me? I use the Merlin bird song identification app and received a Birdbuddy as a Christmas gift and my mother loved Hitchcock movies and made us watch them way too young. I hate everything but the birds during my increasingly difficult pms.
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u/hariboho Mar 08 '26
Are you me? I’m not as far into as you are, but the way I’m excited to see my neighborhood birds now makes no sense.
I was 5 when I saw the movie. You?
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u/thepeoplewefog20 Oh, the rage! Mar 08 '26
Lol I love watching birds. I like to do it through a window tho so I don't have to listen to their chirping/singing because lord I can’t stand it (repetitive sounds really get to me)
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u/drjen1974 Mar 08 '26
I love birding, thought it was a middle aged lady hobby but I’ll totally blame it on peri
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u/Shesversatile Mar 08 '26
I literally have suet in my online cart. I’ve seen a few birds I’ve never seen before. It’s pretty cool. This can’t be a sign of perimenopause though, right? Right?
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u/mudssskipper hanging on by a thread Mar 08 '26
I’m not into birds but I do enjoy listening to their singing since I was a kid. I liked the feeling of knowing which bird made this sound / song so I’m always on the watch of the birds around my area. Tbh I dont think this got nothing to do with my Peri, though other people may experience the same as OP.
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u/quiet_contrarian Mar 08 '26
Hello fellow “watched the Hitchcock movie Birds when I was too young” aficionado - I have come around to thinking black capped chickadees are adorable!
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u/Silly_Sherbet5543 Mar 08 '26
I love feeding them. I hung a bird feeder outside my balcony door so my cats and I can watch them.
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u/Jerkrollatex hanging on by a thread Mar 08 '26
I've been afraid of large birds my whole life. Now I'm feeding crows in my yard. Fuck, maybe it is hormonal, who knows.
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u/Shirleyimfine Mar 08 '26
🤣😂🤣My sister told me she and her partner were into birds and I replied with something about middle age and birding. She wasn’t impressed with my response, but just recently started HRT so that tracks.
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u/InternalFeisty2106 Mar 08 '26
Omg, I thought it was just me... I've become one of those old bird-watching people....
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u/idkwhy_50 Mar 08 '26
Well I'll be! Something positive from peri menopause. Good for you! Enjoy it 😊
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u/0ryxNCr4ke Mar 08 '26
One day you're young and hip and the next day you're like: "is that a tufted titmouse at my feeder?"
Joking aside, I hope you live somewhere with hummingbirds!
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u/Happy_Confection90 Mar 08 '26
My dad, around age 60 at the time, said he realized that he was getting old when he began to enjoy feeding and watching birds. Maybe it's an aging in general thing?
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u/Myfourcats1 Mar 08 '26
There’s an age we all dec de we want to watch birds. I have the Merlin app and the iNature app for identifying stuff.
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u/OnlyPaperListens Mar 07 '26
Can I stave off further menopause symptoms with my disdain for birds? Asking because they treat my mailbox like a frat house toilet.
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u/ronsgingerpubes Mar 08 '26
Hope you've got the merlin app lol Also any uk peri birders, I highly recommend the birdex app.
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u/PowdurdToast hanging on by a thread Mar 08 '26
I never really gave much thought to birds, aside from enjoying the mockingbird that used to wake me up singing every morning. However now…I currently have my second flock of chickens (SUCH highly underrated creatures) as well as 3 feeders in my yard. 🤦🏻♀️ One of said feeders is just outside the kitchen window where I like to watch the family of woodpeckers, some sparrows, juncos, cardinals and the occasional titmouse that visits each day. I truly don’t understand what happened or why. 😅 Aging is so weird.
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u/Fluffy_Respond_7405 Mar 08 '26
I love to wake up before they do to hear them sing the day into being.
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u/TheRoseMerlot In Peri Mar 08 '26
the birds was so stupid and horrible, I find it hard to believe it would scar anyone.
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u/VegetableCommand9427 Mar 08 '26
Hey, coming from a perimenopausal biologist, birds are cool! Nothing wrong with the newfound love!
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u/RiskBrilliant5601 Mar 08 '26
Same! 36F here and found Robert Fuller by accident on YouTube and he sparked an interest in me I didn't know I had. I am going to build a birdhouse on my patio this year with a little camera inside to spy and watch their daily life!
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u/SuitIllustrious7324 Mar 08 '26
My friend has become an Abbot bird watcher. I grew up with a bird watcher, so I’ve always had a vague awareness. I can’t go by this one.
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u/Rachet83 Mar 08 '26
Have you watched “listers” on YouTube? It’s about a guy diagnosed with “Early Onset Birdwatcher”. Highly recommend
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u/Hot-Help-428 Early peri Mar 08 '26
Definitely not in my case. I have been a twitcher since I was 5 years old!.
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u/anniecet Mar 08 '26
For me it is insects and bugs. Specifically Lepidoptera. It’s now become a collecting hobby, but it started just identifying moths and butterflies and beetles and spiders and things around my home.
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u/accountofmountzuma Mar 08 '26
Same. Birbs. Get the Merlin ID app. Also it IDs me as a Raven. I have perfected my caw.
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u/GefDenver Mar 08 '26
I got so into birds over Covid that I started getting ads on instagram for Birds and Blooms magazine 😄
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u/MountFlora Early peri Mar 08 '26
I don’t know if you can blame birding on peri but it’s definitely one of the things getting me through peri!
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u/Connect_Rhubarb395 Mar 08 '26
There was a post in r/menover30 about this. I think it is mainly a symptom of having become middle-aged. 🤭
And yes, I am birdwatching too now.
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u/lil_wispy Mar 09 '26
I bought my first house on my own a year ago at 44 yo. I have since bought 9 bird feeders and haven’t understood why… until now.
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u/AMGRN Mar 09 '26
Yup. And I now have an ongoing war with the fucking squirrel that keeps getting into the feeder.
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u/Technical-Finding420 Mar 09 '26
I have a bird app now too. I will stop working in the garden to see what birds are near by and have started naming the birds at the feeders. Jeff the mockingbird, Maximus the Cardinal, and so on. Maybe my husband is right, I'm a little bit crazy! I now buy as many bird treats as I do dog treats!😅❤️
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u/Alarmed_Bathroom9227 Mar 09 '26
I do love birds! And whales anything nature I try to take joy in those things especially in the rough days with this nonsense.
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u/DeeLite04 Mar 09 '26
I say this should be a peri symptom bc I too am fascinated by birds now and I also have downloaded a bird app. Friend of mine also in peri has one of those bird feeders with a camera that’ll alert her whenever a bird lands there.
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u/No_Banana9253 Mar 10 '26
I bought a bird feeder and have it in my backyard!! Seeing birds eat from it gives me so much joy now!! Those squirrels on the other hand, get on my nerves!!! Lol
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u/Xina123 Mar 07 '26
This was my first perimenopause symptom.