Bird watching, for people who hate birds

Birds look mean, you can’t pet them, and they shit on you. Maybe I loathe them because I’ve lived in cities my whole life, and my few interactions with birds consist of the following:
pigeons (aka rats with wings) clogging the pavement and flying in your face
seagulls pooping on my head (seagulls take massive dumps, in case you didn’t know)
cute birds that chirp too damn loud in the morning when I’m trying to sleep
I also find birds scary. There’s something ominous