This video bird feeder is a Prime Day surprise

the BirdBuddy Pro with solar panels It’s a useful upgrade for your garden, but the full price of $299 is hard to afford. After all, the BirdBuddy is basically a video doorbell and solar panels attached to a bird feeder, something you can assemble yourself in a watch for less than $100. Specialized features such as bird identification and naming Locked behind subscriptionSo you are looking at a potentially expensive investment for your yard.

On the other hand, the discounted Prime Day price is $168 Amazon It is much more palatable – which is probably why it has been the most unexpected success of all the things we have published.

The big sale likely reflects the fact that Birdbuddy has new bird feeders in the works. Company She announced a pair of new bird feeders for the video At CES in January. The BirdBuddy 2, which will retail for $199, has a rotating camera with a wider field of view that can capture landscape or portrait postcards, but otherwise it looks a lot like a Pro with solar panels. It was briefly available for pre-order, made its way to some scattered reviewers and buyers, but is not currently listed on the BirdBuddy website. The BirdBuddy 2 Mini has a smaller footprint, lacks solar panels, and will retail for $129 when it launches this year.

Smart bird feeders are also an increasingly crowded place. There are other options to consider, e.g Coolfly Aura which we recently reviewed About the same price. You can find a lot of Budget options on AmazonAlso, though you’ll have a harder time getting the same degree of polish that the Birdbuddy offers.