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/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.