![]() ![]() It feels like the Bird Buddy is at an early point in its development but, because of this marvellous community-based system, you become part of its constant improvement. If you like watching the birds in your garden the Bird Buddy gives you a gorgeous viewpoint of everything that comes and goes. Truth be told, a lot of these images are from America, which seems to be the biggest market by a long way, but the number of Bird Buddy users in the UK is growing all the time.Īnd I'm really not surprised. You can even take part in a crowd-based study of birds which have fooled the AI and flick through a selection of mystery images to help it learn. You're linked up to the Bird Buddy community, and if the AI really doesn't have a clue, and you're a bit stumped, you can reach out to other users and let them help you. But, that said, after a few corrections it's become much better at picking her out.Īnd that's one of the genius things about the software. My female blackbird often foxes the camera, and it usually insists it's a redstart. It has to be said, the AI detection is far from flawless. It turned out the background was important, and I moved it away from any sun glare and the postcards were soon coming in thick and fast. And then I was noticing birds were being missed. Any new feeder will spook birds to start with, so it took a couple of weeks for them to trust it. It did take me a while to get things working properly. There's also a solar panel available, and this seems like a good idea, because the camera's battery lasts less than a week on a busy feeding station, and it takes a long time to charge - so keeping it topped up will be a bonus.Ī basic starter pack costs around £200, and there's a fairly long waiting time, but it's beautifully packaged and made, and accessories include a handy scoop for filling the seed hopper. The Bird Buddy can be hung from a tree, wall-mounted, or mounted on a post, and there are accessories available to attract birds, such as a water feeder, a suet ball holder and a fruit holder. I wouldn't have spotted it if it wasn't for the Bird Buddy, but now I have a video and a cluster of pictures of this stunning bird. You can then save them to a cloud storage or share them with your friends. It will have already worked out - to the best of its abilities - what it is, and you can then flick through a series of digital Polaroids and even a video. This notification takes you to the app and delivers you a "postcard" with a photograph of the bird. The Bird Buddy will alert you when you get a visitor calling in by sending you a notification. It links up to a smartphone app and, wherever you are, you can access the camera and watch the birds coming and going.īut you don't have to log in to keep a check on who's nibbling your sunflower hearts. Yes, that's right, this high-tech bird feeder will teach you the differences between the birds that visit your garden. It's broadly the shape and size of a video doorbell, but it hosts AI technology to not only monitor the birds as they arrive to eat the seed, but also to recognise and identify individual species. ![]()
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