It has always amused me that the tourists to the US that I’ve spoken to are often very excited to see raccoons, and disappointed if they don’t see them before they leave.
Some others I’ve noticed on the east coast of the US are blue jays and cardinals. Boy, do people get excited about those if they’ve never seen them before! Very pretty birds of course, just very easy to get used to and see as uninteresting as well.
Canadian here and yeah, when we first saw them we got super excited to get close enough to one a good photo. A week later we realized they are everywhere and everyone hates them.
Same thing happened when I went to Alaska and saw my first bald eagle.