Birdbuddy Nook vs. Birdfy Rookie: Which Budget Smart Feeder Should You Buy? After four weeks with each, I found one better equipped for life outdoors. Hard to believe, but smart bird feeders have been around for six years. The idea started with Birdbuddy (then styled Bird Buddy), which launched a Kickstarter campaign in November 2020 for the world's first app-connected, AI-powered smart bird feeder . Birdfy followed in 2021 with its first camera-equipped feeder, and today the two companies remain the most popular brands in the smart bird-feeder space, with a sizable catalog of offerings, including smart bird baths and smart nesting boxes .

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