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Q Can you help me identify garden birds?
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Chris Packham appears to have blocked Guru’s number, more’s the pity, and he’s more convinced by the day that the restraining order from ‘B Oddie’ is legitimate. So it seems that calling in noted TV avian experts is right out. Using tech to interrogate the local flying fauna, though? That’s a bit more realistic.
One option is the Netvue Birdfy, a combined feathered friend feeder and birdwatching camera. In its basic form that’s about it – it’s a wireless camera with close focus, surrounded by a gravity-fed container of seed. Pay for the AI upgrade, though, and it’ll grab snippets of video of your