Birdfy follow up, I canceled my subscription

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Жыл бұрын

I recently canceled my AI subscription for the Birdfy because it just isn’t very useful. It costs almost $50.00 for a year and even at today’s prices that will buy a lot of bird feed.
#birds #birdwatching #birdfeeder #birdfy #netvue

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@nx1z 6 ай бұрын

Yes! No need for the subscription. The birds can even be identified right from the native photo app on iPhone which I have found to be 100% accurate even at odd angles. lol.

@LSatch 6 ай бұрын

Yep. That’s what I do

@jvcyt298 Жыл бұрын

I've used Merlin since it came out, and before that, I used the Cornell website, which I still go back to sometimes. I tried the Audubon app, but it takes forever just to load. The thing that I really don't like about what you have is that it doesn't take into account your location, half of the IDs are of birds that are not from your area.

@LSatch Жыл бұрын

I agree. Until it gets a lot better I'll just stick to watching what landed during the day.

@jvcyt298 Жыл бұрын

$50 per month is an astronomical amount for such a subscription in my opinion. I pay less than half that for my computer's antivirus subscription for the whole year.

@LSatch Жыл бұрын

It's $50 per year. I'm not a rich man.

@jvcyt298 Жыл бұрын

@@LSatch; Oh, I seem to remember you saying per month. My mistake.

@TheDarthBobul 8 ай бұрын

Do you have a problem with your camera picking up the motion from that suet feeder in the background? I have just put my feeder up in really the only place I can, and there is a tree in the background. Whenever the wind blows the feeder goes off and records. I can’t find anywhere to adjust the sensitivity of the camera.

@LSatch 8 ай бұрын

No I don’t have that problem but there is a lot of space in front of it. Open the app and you should see a ⚙️. Open it add one of the first things you see near the top is motion detection, open that and change the sensitivity settings. Hope this helps.

@timsInSSI Жыл бұрын

Thanks Larry, you saved me some money. 🐦

@LSatch Жыл бұрын

Great. It’s a great little camera, it doesn’t have the identification down yet.

@jimgresham5529 Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed this video, what runs on the train track in your bird yard ?

@LSatch Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. The track is our 150’ roller coaster. Here’s a link, be sure to watch near the end. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pqmdfKyhtJexaac.html

@beehaven9949 Жыл бұрын

I also have a mockingbird who loves to hangout at the feeder.

@LSatch Жыл бұрын

I’m going to move mine. She’s there all day. In the last week I’ve only seen one other bird there, a Carolina wren.

@mgmassey174 Жыл бұрын

Am old school and still just get out my books and or ask my neighbor who's lived here forever. Fifty dollars is two months of bird food or deer corn. Surely there are better wildlife cams. Very informative as I'm looking for security and wildlife cams. I've a 1936 bird book with gorgeous plates..not Audubon Trade for an old drafting table 🤔.

@LSatch Жыл бұрын

Those old books are beautiful. It’s a great camera and the company NETvue has several different models for home monitoring. They just can’t get the birds right. After much reflection, I should have never fallen for the identification feature. There are only a hand full of species that visit a given area and except for the occasional different birds passing through, they are just the usual birds you see every day.

@mgmassey174 Жыл бұрын

@@LSatch ah so it's a good security camera Lucky me.i wish I could keep up with your content but I'm not even getting notifications of replying or anything else sometimes. As I'm old, need reminding🤔😉💯😂 Bought all the old fashioned tools last to years to build birdhouses cause of you. However, my hands quit working for any fine handwork so I'll be putting them online. My son's not interested. Got two old drills and about a hundred bits.plus saws. Will send you a picture after we do outside today. No rain Fifty five Sounds good to me Have a great day 💯🤗

@pauletteispassingiton943 Жыл бұрын

So true Larry…miss identity…save your money

@LSatch Жыл бұрын

Yes, even at today’s prices $50.00 will still buy a lot of bird feed. Thanks for watching

@sharonginsburg2762 26 күн бұрын

Hi Larry. Merlin works well for me. I ve got my feeder/ camera on a post. Losing the battle with the racoons. Any suggestions?

@LSatch 26 күн бұрын

I have a video for what works for me. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mtOjl5RnnLvVeWg.htmlsi=kFgrW1KGC_UJXC9X You could also try a product called tanglefoot. It’s really sticky stuff the squirrels and raccoons won’t go past. About 10-12” below the feeder. It will also catch any insects that land on it, including pollinators. Hope this helps

@sharonginsburg2762 25 күн бұрын

@@LSatch Thanks for your reply Larry. Im going to start with the PVC first. Your videos are very informative . Looks like you've gotten good results.

@MomWasis 3 ай бұрын

I just got the Birdfy Hummer feeder and didn't hear anything about a subscription? Sounds like I wouldn't want it either

@LSatch 3 ай бұрын

You really don’t need it.

@lorisutherland7728 Жыл бұрын

Can you still keep the pictures to make pictures?

@LSatch Жыл бұрын

I’m not sure. Since I just canceled I think it’s too early to e able to answer that question. It’s still identifying as usual.

@KAT00035 27 күн бұрын

Just take a screenshot while you’re watching the bird video. 😊

@mattclayton5470 22 күн бұрын

I just download the video or my Samsung gallery and then when you watch it there you can take as many screenshots as you want. I usually take those shots and pop them in Merlin so I can track different species I see in my Life List on there. Hope that works!!

@leisurelylogan Жыл бұрын

If you were into tinkering with computers, there are a few open source projects for building your own bird recognition system. I wouldn't be surprised if this product had borrowed from one of those.

@LSatch Жыл бұрын

I'm not into computers or programming. I'll just stick to google photos for now.

@lorisutherland7728 Жыл бұрын

Does this take pictures at night?

@LSatch Жыл бұрын

I think so but so far nothing has triggered the motion detector to see. I can turn on the camera at night.

@mattclayton5470 22 күн бұрын

I have some pretty fun western screech owls that love the infrared light and check it out regularly