Birdbuddy: ID & Collect Birds

Bird Buddy

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About this app

Birdbuddy is the world’s most recognized app for discovering and learning about birds – whether you’re using our smart bird feeder in your backyard or identifying birds anywhere with just your phone.

Powered by artificial intelligence, Birdbuddy instantly recognizes bird species by photo or sound. Snap a picture, record a song, or let the smart feeder do the work for you. Get alerts when a bird visits, receive collectible postcard photos, and learn fascinating facts about each species.

Join a global community of bird lovers and enjoy live bird photos from 500,000+ feeders in over 120 countries – all while contributing valuable data to bird conservation efforts.

Key Features:
• Identify birds by photo or sound – Use your phone’s camera or microphone to get an instant ID. No feeder required.
• Smart feeder integration – Pair with the Birdbuddy feeder for automatic photos, videos, alerts, and postcards.
• Collect and learn – Build your collection with each new bird. Explore facts about appearance, diet, calls, and more.
• Explore a global birdwatching network – Discover moments of nature shared by our community.
• Support conservation – Each bird you identify helps researchers track populations and migrations.

Birdbuddy brings the joy of birdwatching to curious beginners and seasoned nature lovers alike. Whether you’re exploring your backyard or out on a trail, Birdbuddy helps you connect with birds — and the world around you.

Ratings and reviews

Pretty disappointing. Two feeders, one facing NE, one facing W. Hummingbirds visit all day, but they only take pictures early in the morning and late in the evening when the lighting is terrible. If a rare species migrates through, I won't be able to tell from the grey blurs at dusk. Takes forever to load (+ shutter delay!) if you want to take pics manually. Their AI identification was so bad it was a relief when they turned it off by default (you can still run it manually if you need a laugh).

one feature is missing. remote reboot. the device loses recording time a little by little as it stays on for a long period of time. only way to regain full 59 seconds is to reboot the system. the app doesn't have that feature. so I have to physically power it down and power it back up. when I'm traveling, I can't do that and I might miss some cool shots.

Editing my review. After spending a couple thousand dollars in purchases of different Bird Buddys for gifts and 2 for myself, I'm now seeing that they seriously downgraded the app experience to next to nothing. It's about as bland as they could possibly make it, showing the least number of birds / feeders that they can get away with. I'm assuming this is a tactic so you'll purchase their yearly plan which really stinks after you've paid hundreds of dollars for their feeder. HUGE bummer!

What’s new

A few tweaks to pairing
Bug fixes and performance improvements