Bird Buddy Skeptic

I wonder if there will be an integration with the weather station.

My vision of a cool hobbyist product from a WEATHER 'centric company using the “AI” term would infer a simple integration.

  • Bird Species
  • Bird Frequency
  • Bird Duration
  • Overlayed weather station telemetry (e.g. wind, lightning, rain, etc.)
  • Stretch goal would be to record repeat visits from the same bird.

Without a weather integration from Tempest, this is a money-grab.

Tempest, please please do not fall into using the “AI” catch-phrase for clicks and search-results. This sounds like you are embedding the same mobile app that’s been around for years.

I don’t speak from speculation:
I own a birdhouse (pic below) that does everything advertised by Tempest.

BTW, if I’m totally wrong and there is a Tempest integration with the “Bird Buddy” my statement would be “never mind, I would like 3” :slight_smile:

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Zero market for such a niche vision. You could cobble together something yourself with a pi and the various species photo/sound automagical identification software plus imagemagick to overlay weather data, but it would be a total hobbyist self-developed thing.

The bird buddy price is their list currently at the bird buddy site with a free wall mount. https://mybirdbuddy.com/shop/

What cam did you cram in your birdhouse and what software are you running ? I’m not understanding your “I own a birdhouse (pic below) that does everything advertised by Tempest” comment above.

My bird feeder is a commercially available unit, I did not make it.
It has a wireless camera. I only even mention it as an example that I don’t comment with no experience at all.

I would think a Tempest version would have a weather overlay included that’s all. I realize I could mash the data if I REALLY wanted it.

My comments were probably a little harsh; I was focusing on what it is not and not what it is . . .