Take Glamour Shots of Hummingbirds With the New Bird Buddy Feeder – CNET [CNET]

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When Bird Buddy started shipping its smart bird feeders last year, it gave a lot of people a new glimpse into the lives of their backyard birds. The Bird Buddy’s camera module takes pictures of birds that stop by for a seed or suet snack, identifies them and gives you the option of adding their photos to your in-app collection and sharing them with the wider Bird Buddy online community.

A male northern cardinal perched on a bird feeder.
A northern cardinal visits a Bird Buddy feeder.

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Now Bird Buddy is previewing a hummingbird feeder at CES 2023 to capture pictures and video of this smaller, flightier set of birds. The hummingbird feeder uses the same camera as the original feeder, so Bird Buddy owners will have the option of buying just the hummingbird feeder and moving their camera over. Bird Buddy is aiming to ship the hummingbird feeders in summer of 2023.

Bird Buddy also announced new accessories: a mounting pole, perch extender and fruit and jelly feeder attachments to attract a wider variety of birds and optimize your feeder to the birds you’re most likely to see. You can add an optional squirrel baffle, depending how you feel about them raiding your bird feeders.