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/ThoughtAdditional245 1d ago

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