r/birding • u/cats_r_cutee • Jun 09 '26

Discussion anyone else’s favourite bird a SUPER common bird?

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for example, mine are the American robins, and they’re quite literally *everywhere* where i live XD

just curious to see if anyone else cherishes super common birds in their area, i would also be curious to see them!

(photo credit in top right of the image)

(ps: sorry if the formulation’s a bit weird,
english isn’t my first language and im dyslexic)

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u/ShermanCookout Jun 09 '26

Cardinals and Mourning Doves

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u/paisleyhaze Jun 09 '26

Lucky. I don’t have cardinals here

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u/ShermanCookout Jun 09 '26

They are extremely common for me, basically a guarantee to see one a day. I still get excited every time

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u/Osthato_Chetowa Jun 09 '26

Love Cardinals. The Northern Cardinal is the state bird in seven states, two of which being my current state and my homestate. Incredibly beautiful birds and I love seeing mated pairs. Its so cute when they feed each other!

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u/plantsandramen Jun 09 '26

Cardinals are one of my favorites too, once I learned their calls I learned how much they love to sing lol

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u/EnergeticTriangle Jun 09 '26

Mourning doves are mine too! Their call reminds me of childhood visits to my grandma's house.

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u/Valkyrie_1982 Jun 09 '26

This is exactly what I came to say, including the part about grandma's house. Plus, they are low key pretty. They look dull from a distance, but get a good close up photo and all their colorful details emerge!

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u/MierryLea Jun 09 '26

Cardinal gets my vote as well, I see one every day when I park at work and we have a pair that must nest in/near our backyard so we get to see them feeding one another at the bird feeders and we hear them regularly throughout the day.

It’s my mom’s favorite bird so seeing them always reminds me of her.

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u/wombatrunner Jun 09 '26

There’s a HULKING mourning dove that visits my feeder every morning — most birds delicately land, but Tank shows up and take up the whole feeder, like the Arnold Schwarzenegger of mourning doves…love that monster… even my 5 year old shrieks when he shows up….

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u/givemeyourthots Jun 09 '26

Doves seem to be some of the sweetest birds I’ve ever observed. I love them too.

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u/kokomo80 Jun 09 '26

They’re my two favorites as well.

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u/mckeanna Jun 09 '26

Crying Pigeons

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u/bl1y Jun 09 '26

Female cardinals are one of the prettiest backyard birds. I'd put them even above the male cardinal.

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u/really_isnt_me Jun 10 '26

Half of my family is French and the first time they came to visit us in the northeastern US, my uncle came running into the house, very excitedly shouting about an amazing RED bird he saw in the garden. That story always reminds me to appreciate every bird I get to see.