Customer Ratings & Reviews

We enjoy and like the Bird Buddy overall. It's fun and has operated well and as expected. We get some really cool pics of birds! We don't pay for any type of subscription, and it is just fine. I have the solar roof option, and it has gone 6 months and remained charged fine on its own the whole time. Small issues are the door to fill the feed is small and slightly difficult to use. Some add-ons are nice (fence, perch extension, there's also suet and jelly holders) and that can get expensive. Pole mounting is not perfect, and holes don't line up great with a standard mount. By the time I bought the solar bird buddy, side fence option (which keeps the birds in front of camera much better) perch extension which is a borderline necessity, and a heavy-duty pole to mount it on with a squirrel baffle, I'm in pretty deep on this contraption! However, if you're into birds, feeding and watching, it's pretty darn cool!

The Bird Buddy - Smart Bird Feeder with Solar Panel is hands down the coolest innovation in birdwatching! Setting it up was a breeze, thanks to its user-friendly design. Once installed, I was amazed by the ability to view every bird that visits the feeder, all from the comfort of my home. The real-time bird identification feature is simply mind-blowing, allowing me to learn more about the different species that frequent my backyard. It's like having a personal birdwatching guide right at my fingertips! Plus, the added bonus of the solar panel ensures that the feeder is always powered and ready to go. While it may seem like a splurge, I can confidently say that it's well worth every penny for the joy and entertainment it brings. If you're a bird enthusiast or simply enjoy connecting with nature, the Bird Buddy is a must-have addition to your backyard!

The Bird Buddy and its app are so easy to use, with a great UI, AI bird identification, and fun community. The Bird Buddy while expensive offers a more complete package than other smart feeders like Birdfy or Netvue. Only issue is that Wi-Fi will occasionally disconnect seemingly at random and requires either a router reboot or Bird Buddy reset. Also having to pay for the premium version of the app after spending so much on the feeder left a bad taste in my mouth. Still I 100% recommend.

If you enjoy watching birds, I would highly recommend this product. Be aware that you will need to sign up for a subscription to get the most out of this product. It is a lot of fun and works great for pictures and videos of the birds who stop by. My daughter loves watching the videos of the birds that it sends you. You will also see the amazing picture that it took. After getting this picture, We made sure to lock our windows. This bird didn't look happy. The one biggest con is filling the bird feeder with food. It is not the easiest thing in the world.

I loved the Bird Buddy I even paid a year for the pro account. But a squirrel got on it and caused it to fall and it broke the housing is beyond. I hope they do make a more adorable model. I don’t know what I’m gonna do see the photos below on how it broke I can’t snap it back together and tape it. I guess back together, but just really disappointed.

I bought this as a Christmas gift for my parents. I get a screenshot or video almost every day. It's brought so much joy in an otherwise difficult season. 100% will be buying more, and my parents have already said their friends have ordered some since.

So much fun! The birds love it and I like collecting the photos. The AI software in the app correctly identifies the bird type much of the time. And even when it doesn’t, it pegs it as a “mystery guest” which can often be pretty funny: like a squirrel hanging upside down, or a blurry pic of an obvious (to you and me) Northern Cardinal. It’s easy to clean and easy to fill. I definitely recommend getting the solar roof, so you don’t have to bring the camera in to charge when it’s cold or wet outside.

I have several traditional bird feeders but the Bird Buddy takes birding to a whole new level. It's outstanding how I'm able to view the birds up close and personal. The image quality is excellent. I love the video clips, too. Another bonus of the Bird Buddy is being a part of the BB Community. You're able to visit BB feeders around the world. Can't wait to see the spring migratory birds. I'm looking forward to adding the various attachments they offer. Highly recommend!

Love it. Getting good results since set near house with good Wi-Fi connection and no squirrels. Solar roof worthwhile since it stays charged and wakes up when sun comes up. Expensive, but worth it due to good company support. No problems. Glad we purchased add-on extender, water bottle, etc.

Great little feeder. Very impressed with the solar charging. Have only needed to charge in the house twice in one month. Recommend getting the add on perch and water bottle.

Easy setup. Great quality and works as described. Perfect gift for my mother’s birthday.

This may be one of the best gifts I have ever bought my wife. She absolutely loves it. It’s a lot of fun to see the birds

Easy to setup. Good pictures and video. Like to listen to the video to hear the birds.

My husband loves his Bird Buddy! He actually told me that it was the best gift he has ever received. He enjoys watching video and learning about the birds that have visited his feeder. And, he has invited friends and family to join his bird community through the app. Go and buy this for the bird lover in your life!

Love the camera! Takes stills and videos of my birds

I get it, it’s cool to actually see, in real time, the birds visiting your feeder and to get their description/breed. But I do think it’s a bit pricey. That being said, my husband absolutely loves it, and that’s all that matters to me!!

Love it so far. This was a Christmas gift so only had it less than a month. It’s great to watch the birds eat. Learn about the device. You can get some funny photos

My mother has always into bird feeders and watching the birds come and go. When I saw this it enticed me to get into them also. This bird feeder came with several useful accesories. This came packaged extremely well. It came with multiple ways to mount. One way is via a wire hanger that hookes to the front and back of the roof. Another way you can mount it is via the poll mount it comes with. It also comes with extra screws for the mount and extra rubber pieces to put in the charging port if you are not charging it or if you dont have it plugged into the included solar panel roof. It also came woth a nice scoop for birdseed. This scoop was helpful for filling the feeder. Filling the feeder was a hair complicated due to the way the hole in the back is set up however. Setup was easy. Once you download the app, it has great step by step instructions. A few of the steps took some tome to complete. It took about 30 minutes to get the camera set up, updated and paired. Most of this time was with the firmware updates. Something to keep on mind os that you have to have a place where you can set this up where it gets enougj direct sunlight on the solar panel, but is also close enough to your home to recieve a strong enough wifi signal to transmit the pictures and footage of birds. There are a ton of great app features. You can look at videos of birds from feeders all over the world! When a bird does approach your feeder it starts taking pictures and videos. It will send you these pictures and videos and it will prompt you to decide which ones youd like to keep. It dod accuratly identify our visiters. Its been rainy here in N TX lately, so we've only had 2 visiters since setting it up, both were house finch. It was super exciting getting our first notifications however! When playing with the app I also found that when you click the species, it twlls you tons of facts about the birds also which is a nice tough. The one drawback is that there are features to the app/camera that require an annual subscription service which wasn't mentioned beforehand. Should you decide to use these features- the subscription is fairly affordable. We choose not to do it for now however. The solar pannel seams to work ok. Even with it being overcast all week , it has only dropped less than 5%. Look forward to getting more visitors soon.

OK camera feeder but didn't really live up to the pre-holiday hype. Main disappointment is with the cumbersome, overly designed app. Instead of just collecting video and image files it confuses with nonsensical jargon like "collected" and "uncollected postcards." And the AI identifier really does no more than a Google image search will do. You'll be better off (and save money) by just hanging an outdoor motion camera near your feeder

The Bird Buddy is an amazing piece of technology. So fun and easy to use for the whole family. Even if you were never into “birding” this might inspire something new in anyone and it certainly did for me! Setup was easy, essentially out of the box all you need to do is charge the camera, click the camera in (magnetic), load up the seeds, and find a spot to hang your feeder. Then get the app rolling with account setup, connect your camera via the app, update and you will be rolling in the snapshots! I also have the model with the solar panel roof so I plugged this into the camera as well. Really easy and actually does help keep the camera charged. The only part I found difficult in the setup process is how to put the hanger on. Its so simple that I defiantly was overthinking it. The included directions were great to help me setup everything except how to put the hanger on! However, the Bird Buddy website showed me how to do it in less than a minute. I should also state I could not figure out what I wanted. I didn’t know how to find the right spot and spent too much time deciding where I would get the most amount of birds and where the best shots would be… To be honest I found a great spot but I don’t like that it faces the rear of my house. I want picture with trees and wildlife so I will be moving the camera again. I did put it on a wood post at first using the included mounting attachment but decided in a tree would be best after 2-3 days of no birds wanting to touch it while it was on the post. The camera is what really makes everything great about this bird feeder. It is so on part with what it needs to do. Usually items like this can be a gimmick but there are no gimmicks here. It just works and it works well. The camera will only take pictures and videos when their is a bird or animal in front of its lens. It will not take a picture of a person walking by or grill cover waiving in the wind. It knows when their is a bird or squirrel (you can turn the squirrel alert off) in front of it. Pretty amazing that it knows. In addition, after taking pictures of your visiting friends it will identify exactly what bird just visited you. I know the IOS software can do this when you select an image of a bird but wow is it cool. I even took the pictures from the Bird Buddy and had IOS identify the birds as well to see how accurate it was. Bird Buddy was very active. If it doesn’t know what Bird either due to the bird being quick or to much blur, it will state this and allow you to identify the bird. This only happened once with me and that was because one particular bird liked looking back through the camera lens as close as it could get, thus the camera couldn’t pickup what the bird looked like. The camera is like a bird! At night it goes into a deep sleeping mode to conserve its battery and it does it really well when paired with the solar panel for day charging. Once the sun rises with the birds so does your camera. The solar panel is awesome. I have never seen my battery go below the mid 80s with being charged with the solar panel. I have had it up for a few days now and it is currently at 94% and yesterday it was about 90%. This was after many pictures, videos, and live streams (for placing). I am hoping I won’t have to bring the camera inside often for a charge and think this will remain true. The pictures are of a few birds that visited me. To be honest I wanted to upload all the pictures I had. I only have had a few simple type of birds visit me including House and Purple Finches, Black-Capped Chickadees, and House Sparrows. I can’t wait to see who visits me next nor can my family! The app is a fun place to spend some time. Simple and it makes birding fun with your feed. The app sends you an alert after each time you have a visitor. I have all the alerts on because I can’t wait for my next visitor and I am typically a person who turns all alerts off! Its not annoying because it only gives you an alert for each total visit. If it takes 4 pictures and a video that doesn’t mean you get 5 alerts but one alert stating you had a visitor. Each time you have a visitor Bird Buddy calls it a Postcard which you can share within the Bird Buddy community. The first screen in the app is your inbox so you will always see your latest birds there. From there, all of your birds will be saved into your collection under its specific species. At first I thought it wasn’t saving my bird media but I was wrong as I had to go under the species which I do prefer for organization. In the Bird Buddy Explore section you can watch up to three other bird feeders and connect with them for 72 hours. I think its cool as you can see other birds feeders and birds from around the world and get an alert like its in your own back yard. Its like your visiting! You don’t have to use this section if you find it annoying to see other peoples birds but I think its cool and have seen some really cool birds! There is also tv looking icon (no name listed for the section) but its almost like a Tik Tok of bird buddy feeders from around the world scroll and watch (videos only) of peoples feeders. Again Cool! Finally the community section will let you browse birds buddy from around the world. Its like social media to watch birds. No comments allowed but you can give praise! I like the simplicity and not having to worry about comments but just focus on all the birds. The app is free and you can access everything you really need for free. An upgrade to Bird Buddy pro is a subscription which is very affordable yet not needed. It simply allows you to have more pictures when you have bird visitors (which uses more battery), increased video resolution to 1080p (I thought the lower resolution was fine, must be 720), ignore certain species from your inbox, share your camera with up to 10 guests (3 on free), and unlock all remote feeders. I say the upgrade could be worth it to see more birds in remote locations and if you want to share it with more friends. However, the free packs really everything you need. I think this is a must buy. It makes me smile every day to see a friendly little bird is stopping by at my home while I am away during the day. Its also an amazing gift idea! My family members love it and some can’t wait to get their own.