@OnionSoup it looks like the first year is free, then $4 a month or $40 a year.
I wouldn’t trust a product that used a cloud service that didn’t have a subscription fee. They have to pay for it somehow, and if they rely only on new sales to provide service to existing customers, they are too optimistic.
@craigthom@OnionSoup Do you really need bird ID? I got a Birdfy as a gift and it once identified a squirrel as a mallard duck. It’s a name brand camera and gives me wrong IDs daily.
@craigthom@OnionSoup@sammydog01 My Bird Buddy gives me free bird id. But it’s also not great. It’s always telling me there’s some new bird at the feeder and it’s just the same guys.
@Fuzzalini@OnionSoup@sammydog01 The Bird Buddy basic tier with basic ID is free, but they have two subscriptions tiers for enhanced ID and other features. They probably hope to fund the basic tier with the other subscriptions, but I’m not renewing unless they fix the “enhanced” AI ID.
@Felyne Just as an FYI, I took the effort to label every single bird in the video so if you’re curious what kind of bird one is, just look at the text that I typed in. It should also mention if it’s a male or female because the different genders have different coloring.
Cheap, plastic bird feeders never last long with our squirrels. After years of trial and error I have found that here, in North FL the best deterrent is to hang the bird feeder on strands of monofilament (fishing line) strung to different trees. The little rodents can’t see or grip the monofilament, and it has to be 5-6’ above the ground so they can’t jump up to it! I also mix Safflower seeds in with the “songbird mix”. The birds don’t seem to mind, and the squirrels apparently don’t like safflower seeds!
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$299.99 at Limitless
Warranty
90 days
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Monday, Sep 29 - Wednesday, Oct 1
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@OnionSoup yes for Bird ID
@OnionSoup it looks like the first year is free, then $4 a month or $40 a year.
I wouldn’t trust a product that used a cloud service that didn’t have a subscription fee. They have to pay for it somehow, and if they rely only on new sales to provide service to existing customers, they are too optimistic.
@craigthom @OnionSoup Do you really need bird ID? I got a Birdfy as a gift and it once identified a squirrel as a mallard duck. It’s a name brand camera and gives me wrong IDs daily.
@craigthom @OnionSoup @sammydog01 My Bird Buddy gives me free bird id. But it’s also not great. It’s always telling me there’s some new bird at the feeder and it’s just the same guys.
@Fuzzalini @OnionSoup @sammydog01 The Bird Buddy basic tier with basic ID is free, but they have two subscriptions tiers for enhanced ID and other features. They probably hope to fund the basic tier with the other subscriptions, but I’m not renewing unless they fix the “enhanced” AI ID.
I don’t think bird ID is required.
Daltonwood needs this methinks.
I setup a camera by my bird feeder one day.
@cengland0 Beautiful! What kind of bird is that? We don’t have them where I live.
@cengland0 @Felyne It says male painted bunting - I’m really envious! No such birds here!
@Felyne Just as an FYI, I took the effort to label every single bird in the video so if you’re curious what kind of bird one is, just look at the text that I typed in. It should also mention if it’s a male or female because the different genders have different coloring.
I’m glad it has night vision so you can see the rats eating all the food.
@tweezak
@Felyne @tweezak Or if you’re here, the bears!
@Kyeh @tweezak … and coons. Sometimes deer.
@Felyne @tweezak I used get a lot of both of those but recently (knock on wood) they seem to have moved to a different part of town.
I thought about it, but I have enough video of my squirrels.
@dbmittens ironically. I bought squirrel food and a squirrel feeder and only birds go to it.
Squirrels prefer bird feeder
@dbmittens @OnionSoup
Love birds!!! I didn’t know I needed this but I’m excited to set it up.
Cheap, plastic bird feeders never last long with our squirrels. After years of trial and error I have found that here, in North FL the best deterrent is to hang the bird feeder on strands of monofilament (fishing line) strung to different trees. The little rodents can’t see or grip the monofilament, and it has to be 5-6’ above the ground so they can’t jump up to it! I also mix Safflower seeds in with the “songbird mix”. The birds don’t seem to mind, and the squirrels apparently don’t like safflower seeds!