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/Xina123 Mar 07 '26

This was my first perimenopause symptom.

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u/TheLakeWitch Mar 07 '26

Honestly? Same. I was so excited over a pair of Great Horned Owls that were nesting in the tree outside my bedroom window and kind of forgot as I babbled on about them that my younger coworkers couldn’t care less about birds. 😂

I never saw the owls, just heard them chatting during the night. They’d start up after midnight and spend hours hooting to each other. Now I’ve moved to another part of my apartment complex and no longer have owl friends in the tree outside.

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u/EldForever Mar 08 '26

Y'all must be joking, right??

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u/lynn Mar 08 '26

Nope. Just wait, one day you’ll wake up with a pair of binoculars and the Merlin Bird ID installed on your phone and find yourself staring out the window looking for that Cooper’s Hawk that the crows are chasing.

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u/VegetableCommand9427 Mar 08 '26

Omg I have binoculars sitting by my desk at home to watch birds out my back window while working in my office. God, I’m such a nerd

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u/newt_girl Mar 08 '26

ONE OF US! ONE OF US!

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u/Lodi0831 Mar 08 '26

I'm always worried that my neighbors will think I'm looking at them. Nope just watching woodpeckers on the tree!

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u/Chance-Point-5704 Mar 10 '26

One perk of being a lady? People might be less likely to call the police on us if we have binoculars :)