Also, you have to make the sugar water.
Songbirds are year round, but hummingbirds have a season.
Many hummingbirds migrate in winter, so you might experience less sightings than you would with songbirds.
Are Bird Buddys worth it?
I have two Bird Buddy feeders: the original songbird feeder and the new hummingbird feeder.
Ive had the original for a year or so, and I wont say its been seamless.
I have also found Bird Buddy support to be responsive, but not terribly customer forward.
The Bird Buddy app is downright addictive.
Finally, while Bird Buddy offers subscriptions, you don’t need one to enjoy the feeder.
To that end I tried both theVicohomeHummingbird feeder, and theHello Birdy Smart Birdbathand feeder.
In favor for both of these feeders?
They connected instantly with no issues whatsoever.
Once outside, the Vicohome notified me so often of activity that I quickly turned off the notifications.
Not once was the alert for a bird, but more often a nearby car or person walking along.
I tried changing the direction of the birdhouse, but the slightest wind resulted in a notification of activity.
While the Hello Birdy camera was easy to connect, it required the most assembly.
The upside was I wasnt assaulted with notifications.
To the contrary, there were zero notifications.
There are other brands of feeders, including Birdfy, which Im excited to try.
The Bird Buddy, despite all its fussiness, is still the closest youll get to bird-watching nirvana.
