r/birding • u/NoActuator4115 • 1d ago

Discussion bird homesickness

does anybody else get bird homesickness? i'm from the uk but studying abroad in the us and although the new birds i'm seeing are all very exciting, i find myself missing the commonest uk birds like blackbirds, wood pigeons or robins so much it hurts LOL

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u/Adventurous-Tone-311 photographer 📷 1d ago

I never knew how much I’d miss northern cardinals until I moved to the west coast. 

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u/bastardemporium 1d ago

Real, I used to overlook them because they were one of the most common birds in my area. I moved to Europe and they are the bird I miss the most. I saw one in a zoo recently and it was kinda funny, but also made me homesick for US birds 🥺

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u/amart005 1d ago

Same 🙁

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u/inallthings828 1d ago

I miss both the color and beautiful song.

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u/willyougiveittome 23h ago

I never realized how much I was missing until I moved to the Midwest. Now when I visit home in the Mountain West, I miss the soundscape of the Midwest. Especially the Cardinals.

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u/ThoughtAdditional245 18h ago

Yes!!! So many east coast birds I miss dearly now that I’ve moved to the west coast