Birdfy 4+

I’ve been using this app for about three months and there have been plenty moments of joy - and a few of frustration. Overall, the joy has been most prominent and I’ve recommended the feeder and the app to friends. Welcoming new visitors to the feeder and getting to watch them so closely is great entertainment.

The frustration strikes when the app fails to upload/save a visit, even those highlighted with a notification. This happens roughly 20% of the time, or about one out of five notifications.

Our feeder was offline about two days while I waited for a call back from tech support. We effectively had to remove the connected feeder, turn off dark mode on my phone and reconnect the feeder. Even so, if I turn dark mode back on, I lose connection.

About half the time I cannot connect to the feeder’s live mode. I’ve not yet discovered why this is happening because I haven’t detected a pattern. I continue to receive notifications and can view uploaded/saved moments when live mode will not connect.

Finally, I was pleasantly surprised with the motion detection, but auto-recording seems a little slow. (The birds often come and go before the recording starts. So I’m seeing quite a few blurry take-off photos.) Motion detection only picks up us or the dog when we are very close to the feeder, and small insects haven’t triggered it. I do have a couple of moments featuring wasps, but it hasn’t been nearly the issue I thought it would be.

We’ve had our feeder up for about two weeks. So far, it’s been great. We LOVE the fact Netvue’s new feeder is environmentally conscious and Earth friendly. It’s made of natural bamboo and is an excellent addition to the line of bird feeders they offer. You get the same features such as the live- streaming and a SD slot to give you more memory capability but you also get two very LARGE bird seed reservoirs and a complimentary artificial intelligence (AI) subscription which my Hummer feeder unfortunately did not come with. The bamboo feeder itself is heavy, so be aware. It’s heftier than the plastic Hummer or any of the other plastic feeders out there. Make sure you secure it well! Installation was fine as the directions are clear and self-explanatory. You have to attach the perch extension but that just gives your birds more room. It even came with the small screw driver, for convenience. The Bamboo feeder came well packaged so no damage during shipment and it arrived fairly quickly.



We use our feeders as added protection to our backyard for unwanted (human) intruders but seeing the animals come in at night is extremely cool! We would definitely recommend Netvue’s new Bamboo feeder to any avid birdwatcher or someone who loves nature in general. It is solidly built and very user friendly.

When we purchased our Birdfy Feeder back in July, this app wasn't available. So, we have been using the Netvue app to check on our feathered friends. It's been underwhelming, to say the least. The Netvue app isn't difficult to navigate, but it's not for birding. The Birdfy app is clean, gives us timely notification of critters on our Feeder and I like that it shows you the last five clips from your feeder when you open the app, rather than the Netvue app, where you have to click on the "notifications" option from the feed view. And my wife and I love that we can easily see what other "Community" members have posted for everyone to see. The addition of labels on the tabs at the bottom of the screen and withing the Live view are also a great addition as well as the "Screenshot" and "Record" options. This app is really a step up from the Netvue app. Don't get me wrong, the Netvue app isn't all bad, I just think that this version of an app is more suited for birding. We're looking forward to putting our Hummee on in the Spring and really seeing what great videos we get and share with everyone.