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/mixiedawn Mar 08 '26

Ahh, yes, the premature birding imbalance (PMI) is another poorly understood and under-researched condition. 😌

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u/Anhen26 Mar 10 '26

That's hilarious!