BIRD BUDDY - The reluctant Twitcher

Bird Buddy is a smart bird feeder that identifies, photographs and catalogues birds that visit it. But only when it feels like it.
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[@grahampaulkendrick7845]

There were some nice shots, but I'd have been interested to hear what the maufacturer had to say about why this smart feeder misses so many birds.

[@kennyc2421]

This is random but it says on my end this video was only posted 43 min ago and yet this comment is 6 days old? Was the video re uploaded I’m confused

[@randomnickify]

​@Kenny C It is explained in videos description.

[@gregalss]

@@kennyc2421 same me

[@weirdshit]

@@kennyc2421 deja vu.

[@ParadoxicalThird]

This company won't exist in a year so you'd probably better ask soon. This screams 'start crowdfunding project, deliver off the shelf junk, fold immediately post delivery'

[@Muonium1]

For THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS could they not have sprung for the dollar and fifty cents extra it would've cost to put another solar panel on the other side of the roof so it could be mounted in any azimuthal orientation while still getting enough sun to charge??

[@Tigrou7777]

Can't agree more. Btw I didn't know it was that much expensive.

[@TheStevenWhiting]

For that much I'd want the software to be open source so you can host it yourself. How long will they support it before it becoming a dead weight.

[@RussellBeattie]

It took me most of my life to realize the reason I've never seen a hedgehog is because they're not found in North America. I've seen moose, alligators, armadillos and pumas in the wild (obviously in different parts of the country) but sadly never a hedgehog. Nor a kangaroo, but that's more to be expected.

[@SianaGearz]

And I've been wondering why I've never seen an armadillo! Jk

[@helpfulcommenter]

I live in North America too and the only thing I've never seen is a Chupacabra but I'm holding out hope

[@FriedEgg101]

We don't see then that often in the uk anymore. I haven't seen one for years.

[@misterflibble6601]

Hmmm... so I'm probably wasting my time looking for the Loch Ness monster in Lake Huron?

[@rich_edwards79]

They're not found much in the UK anymore either sadly, their numbers have collapsed (some say by 95% or more) since the year 2000. Lots of theories (disease, habitat loss, brighter / bluer LED street lighting disrupting the natural rhythms of nocturnal mammals, huge increases in road traffic, a similar decline in the insects they eat due to widespresd pesticide use by farmers) but no-one really seems to know why :(

[@DeKempster]

Firmware updating my birdhouse. What a wonderful time to live.

[@BC0pss]

This product looks like they just stuck a doorbell camera into a birdhouse and called it a day. Was it that hard to add a presence sensor? A bird needs to land to get the seeds and detecting that bird is a problem a beginner arduino hobbyist could solve in an hour. Wonderful concept and such lack of effort throughout all stages of execution, what a shame, really

[@SammyM00782]

The concept is so simple, we're both probably kicking ourselves going "WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT?!"

[@vylbird8014]

Software is cheaper than hardware, and they must have had a cost limit.

[@DanielA-yg3un]

@@vylbird8014 yeah I imagine they just figured they could rely on clever software doing it for them but obviously it’s not clever enough

[@Kalvinjj]

@@vylbird8014 I would say it depends on the amount of effort put into the software, which in this case, seems you're right.

[@3rdalbum]

Because a simple pressure sensor isn't SMART ENOUGH. Why would you do that and get reliable results, if you could use Artificial Intelligence? AI is cool, but coding a pressure sensor is dull! (obviously this is sarcasm aimed at the manufacturer)

[@BoHolbo]

I hope that if they manage to sort out the bugs, they’ll try to get permission from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to tie into their “eBird” database in order to vastly improve their bird recognition capabilities. I’ve been using their “Merlin Bird ID” app. on my phone for a couple of years now, and it’s ability to automatically identify a bird by sound and/or a picture is remarkable! (It also doesn’t cost anything. 😀)

[@sunefredell8595]

That was a pleasant and unexpected heads up.

[@Jisifus]

eBird is awesome, I've been using "BirdNet" for a while now their their song recognition is very impressive

[@Tim091]

I use BirdNet app for the same reason, works well.

[@helpfulcommenter]

Merlin is one of the most wonderful apps I've ever put on my phone. I used it while hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, and for thousands of miles was introduced to hundreds of different bird species from only their songs.

[@Si0bart]

Never even thought that would be an app downloaded it now, thanks for the heads up.

[@mackpines]

3:27 Woah. The way he swung that pole around was so badass. You don’t mess with Techmoan!

[@KubotaManDan]

I used a trail cam to see who's cat was pooping in my yard & how it got past the fence. took nice pics & video. Like your solar panel, my cam ate the batteries up. Great to see you helping the wildlife out with the feeders. Squirrels in my neighborhood would chomp on that plastic feeder, it'd be on the ground busted in no time.

[@moserfugger6363]

BirdBuddyTV would be my cat's favorite channel! :) Greetings from Germany

[@darkstatehk]

"Bird Unlocked" How I wish I was 16 years old again.

[@jocool7370]

With Techmoan, Saturday sure feels like Saturday again. Cheerio, mate!

[@John_Ridley]

Our birds would get through that tiny amount of seed in about 45 minutes, and the thing would never stop going off.

[@pablolagos3229]

5:38 "𝘙𝘶𝘯, 𝘤𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴! 𝘛𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘦𝘦𝘵!"

[@yackablejohnson1485]

Had a family member get very sick after complications from a surgery. And while they were still here I bought a Wi-Fi camera so I can monitor them from a different room. The only thing I don't like about every single Wi-Fi camera available today, is they all use an app. Which means they all connect to some kind of central server. Which means your information is being stored somewhere. Now this may not seem like a big deal to most people, but when you're recording the inside of your house and people's personal lives, I just wish there was a better solution.

[@MONTY-YTNOM]

You can access them through their own IP with no registration needed software, but you need a bit of tech savvy

[@nialler78]

Nice to see a jay in your garden! Only ever seen them in rural areas, they're fairly shy birds

[@elvis.on.velvet]

I was glad to see you review this product. As a bird enthusiast, I’ve considered the purchase a few times but never pulled the trigger given the hefty price tag.

[@skiingcrocodile2153]

I was willing to forgive the price for its features, but now that I know that it can't do the one thing it's designed to do I'm more and more convinced I should just get a wildlife camera and a regular bird house for maybe half the price

[@BrightSpark]

I may have a theory - and it's *not* that the unit is faulty. I suspect it relies too heavily on object recognition and only reports when it is sure it has seen a bird. It would be nice if it used some AI that you could train by going through clips of supposedly "birdless activity" and retroactively flagging them as "visit from a bird, it's the lesser-spotted blue-crested whatchamacallit" or something to hopefully improve detection.

[@helpfulcommenter]

Or a simple motion sensor with very near proximity threshold... really that's all it needs. Once it captures a pic then it can utilize it's database.

[@SianaGearz]

I looked through people associated with the project, not one of them has engineering background. You'll find management types, advertisement/PR types, a whole bunch of people with design background. They sold a thing first and then they for sure scrambled to find someone to deliver a semblance of what they sold. So it never mattered whether it's going to perform, sold is sold.

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

I was an early backer of this, too. I've had it for about six months now, and the early firmware were *TERRIBLE*. It literally didn't detect anything at all or record anything, when I was very clearly seeing birds on it. And the battery only lasted a day and a half. *I don't have the solar panel, I ordered the solar panel roof week 2 of ownership, and it's due to arrive next week. Thankfully, later firmware versions have significantly improved matters. The battery lasts a week now, and it's pretty darned reliable at detection now. The automatic bird identification is amazing (when it works, which is about 75-80% of the time,) it even helped me figure out that one bird breed I was completely unaware of was in the area. It's hilarious that it identifies "squirrel" as a valid "bird." Also, I've regularly used the "ask our experts", and usually get an answer within a day or two. As to the "missing detections," having it pointed at a "good" background seems to help. Our squirrels turn our feeder regularly, and it stops detecting well after the squirrels turn it. This has gotten better with firmware updates, I'm hoping it continues to improve.

[@armron94]

Couple times I have some possum a few times. And proof of raccoon hand prints in snow but no video. When I was younger I used to work at a petrol station in the village I lived in and saw a skunk almost every morning (3AM EST)

[@GPUtest]

How hard would it be to put some proximity sensor there and start recording everytime something is close to the camera. Seems not very well thought out

[@jonasga]

I am a long time avid birdwatcher. I use a trail cam pointed at a 45 degree angle at the feeder, gets amazing pictures. I get daily in order of most to least: sparrow, blue jay, titmouse, and chickadee. I occasionally get cardinals, woodpecker, doves, and rusty blackbirds. Those 8 birds are the only I have documented in four years of using this trail cam. I had to dig real deep to figure out what the rusty blackbird was, I've only seen him once in 2021. A proper trail cam doesn't miss a beat, the sensor on mine covers about half of the front of a 15x8cm sized camera. I would say it takes an average 5 pictures of every bird visit. I don't use wifi, I bring it in to change the rechargeable AA batteries about once a month, put the memory card in my laptop, copy them to a fast SSD, and then use left and right keyboard arrows in Microsoft Photos to quickly scan for interesting shots. It is often upwards of 10,000 pictures. Definitely not going to want notifications at that scale. This whole setup is right on the porch in the living room window. I use the porch a lot and also stand in the window and watch them eat too. A lot of them are incredibly used to me and interact with me. Once a chickadee likes you they try to impress you, they are so funny. They'll land right by you and hang upside down off objects and look at you while chirping, they'll do close flybys of you, they'll stand on a flat surface and do back flips for you. Great birds. One generation of sparrows actually learned to do one of the chickadee's tricks by watching him. Last year the main older male crew of the sparrows started doing close flybys of me after seeing the chickadee do it. They only live about 9 to 18 months, though. It's new sparrows all the time. I have come to believe that North American yard birds have near human equivalent sentience, near human equivalent language, and much more advanced culture than is typically recognized. I think the yard bird grouping is not accidental. I think sparrows, blue jays, titmouse, and chickadee have a deep and instinctual connection, akin to a caste society. This four type of birds in particular work and associate very closely and communicate with eachother. Blue jays absolutely can speak sparrow, and the sparrows pay very close attention when a blue jay is speaking sparrow. I've seen it many times now. Blue jays are the administrators, sparrows are the military, titmouse are the spies, and chickadee are the engineers. All four will peacefully eat together at a feeding trough. I actually have a lot of pictures with all four types at the feeder at the same time. All four have a distinct organizational structure that compliment eachother. Jays rule sectors in male-female pairs. The male screams information on the status of his sector to the adjacent jay pairs. One of the easiest ways to spot a male jay is how distended his neck skin is from screaming status reports all day. The sparrows operate in four male four female units, typically 2-4 units per sector. They respond directly to jay reports of threats and attack them. Sparrows are incredibly aggressive with eachother and fight and brawl, they are constantly fighting and training. Titmouse operate in completely chaotic blobs, and have no obvious gender distinction. They only come around once per week, they are not assigned to a sector, but search a very large group of sectors in a grid. They have a very particular eating habit, as the entire titmouse blob will land in a tree nearby and will take turns individually eating. The chickadee are completely unpredictable, they will disappear for days or weeks, but then be there every day for hours on end for days or weeks. They are the smartest of the four, but are generally loners. They will eat with a large group of sparrows, but will only be with a partner about 1 in 5 visits. I pay a lot of attention to my birds. The best part about all of this is how much the yard bird empire hates robins. When I first moved here, robins ruled this area. When I set up my extremely advanced feeder with unlimited food, the jays recognized the power of it immediately. The yard bird empire conquered this area and kicked the robins out to set up one of the largest sparrow armies in the county to protect it. There is one static jay pair that lives here, but they also lead other jay pairs to it. I think there are approximately 9 jay pairs that regularly use my feeder, with one of the pairs being permanent residents of the feeder. There is about 32 sparrows who have taken permanent residence in the bush right below the feeder, but other sparrow platoons come too. It is easy to tell the resident sparrows from the visiting sparrows, as the resident sparrows are morbidly obese.

[@AkosJaccik]

Aw, it's one of those very rare moments when I actually quite like the premise of a kickstarter product, it's a shame that it doesn't really work quite well enough. Purely subjective, but the app itself seemed oddly complicated and yet too basic at the same time too.

[@charlie_nolan]

Go out there and tame the squirrel and any chipmunks if you have them. It usually takes less than an hour until they'll eat out of your hand and let you touch them. I do it up at my cottage. It is super fun. Then they'll get in fights over who can get the food you're handing them and it is hilarious.

[@bletheringfool]

Funny this video popping up when I've been thinking ogf trying to get footage of wildlife in my back garden. Looks amazing when it works

[@CDRaff]

I'm literally in the process of making a DIY version of this using an ESP32-CAM as the SOC. Thinking of doing a birdhouse with a camera inside of it too. Maybe see some baby birds grow up.

[@neonsigns6721]

For what it's worth we have a 20 dollar small camera mounted inside of one of our bird houses. For the last 5 or 6 years we had a family of blue birds nest in it and it's been so educational and fun watching our birds all these years... My point being it was well worth the effort

[@yoymate6316]

gnawty’s nuts hahahah brilliant

[@CARLiCON]

I was so waiting for Gnawty Nuts to show up on the birdie bud cam...BUSTED!

[@FandangoJon]

Behold! You've captured a photo of a featherless biped!

[@mizu_the_floatzel]

So cute !

[@clydeg4274]

This is so wholesome! ❤

[@TUUK2006]

Thanks for this review. I'd have bought this if you hadn't showed that it was pretty much useless. It would have been nice to hear you contact the manufacturer and get them to explain what the problem was.

[@ajc5869]

This is the modernized version of growing old and feeling the birds.

[@geekdomo]

Mat we are about the same age. I never understood birders when I was younger. It seems like most people get into them eventually. I am now fully invested into nature photography which includes little birbs. I was going to back this as well but decided to skip it. Thanks for sharing your experience.

[@davidtagg2077]

Loved the video techmoan,im sure the manufacturer will view this and hopefully sort out the issues you have mentioned.

[@OldUKAds]

You continue to feel like a long lost brother! I love all your tech videos, and my side interest is now birding - I got into it from my late mother. And we had cameras and enjoyed lots of fox and hedgehog footage. I think she would have loved this. I do wonder how much is a kind of bias in that footage you saw. The UK is obsessed with birds like Robins, which are quite mean birds really. But they don't talk about, or possibly even dislike, a lovely Starling. I think we have a snobbery on birds. I wonder if that camera is going for bird snobbery. You don't want 30 videos of some common bird, you just want some Robin or your Christmas card.

[@lanecolvin95]

I can see him in 20 years feeding the birds like any other old man and we would be watching him anyways

[@pjgathergood6987]

A really nice concept, but seems disappointingly let down by many bugs in it's present state. As I started watching I was actually thinking it would make a suitable present for my mum's birthday, but considering it's various issues and problems I think I'll be holding out on it for now. Many of the issues can probably be patched with software updates - it would be nice just to have an hourly / daily update of bird visitors instead of multiple updates of 'duplicate' birds landing. Really hoping they upgrade this idea as it's one I think with a lot of potential but needs some of these issues ironed out. Maybe I'll hold out 'til next year's birthday instead...

[@DanPellegrino486]

I was thinking of it as a gift as well, but maybe not with its current state.

[@rolfs2165]

One thing that last view at the bird house made me wonder: can you take off the solar roof and turn it around, feeding the charging cable through the gap at the front? Feels awfully inconvenient only having one orientation the solar roof works in when they don't know what your house/garden looks like.

[@shaymorcormick8743]

Techmoan Master of old audio tat and hedgehogs

[@GYTCommnts]

This looks exactly as a device Matt would analyze 20 years later and figuring out what was intended for and how it works.

[@torigurafu]

I don't know, I have one and I'm getting constant notifications of birds visiting. It's like a part-time job opening them all.

[@raymondantoine2005]

Nice one hopefully you will catch more photos of different birds.

[@RedstoneLP2]

That's a really photogenic Robin

[@sirkastic]

Can you please set one of these up at your local chinese buffet restaurant to see what birds that frequent there?

[@10p6]

I kept seeing facebook ads for these, so I hope they improve the reliability for detection. Does the blink camera have a PIR, or is it only motion sensing? My Wyze cameras pick up every rain drop or time a leaf moves which is very annoying.

[@pinball8701]

I move a wildlife cam around where I need it. More flexible and it works.

[@HardwareLust]

Thank you for this Mat. I also saw this and was very interested in it, but I did wonder just how effective the identification features were. The marketing material just sounded too good to be true, and of course that was the case in the end. Great concept though!

[@Richardincancale]

Reminds me of the Ceyomur trail camera I bought to see who was living in the big hole being dug in my garden. Never a single capture but the hole kept getting bigger. Used 8 x AA batteries to feed to IR lights - only ever captured me doing manual test shots.

[@Richardincancale]

@Richie Reports UK Yes that’s what I thought too. Never did get to see them…

[@Tim091]

Yeah, sorry about that, I'll be back to fill it in soon.

[@padawanmage71]

A moment of silence for the lost Hedgehog family…=(

[@snerttt]

Wow, my old man would love something like this, I hope they roll out an update or something so I can confidently get him one.

[@dgattenb]

we brought a camrea for the garden in te lockdown ... awsome ... best buy ever .. its a " normal" garden camera with IR etc it does have a little moan now and again .. but t ses all our gang..the fox family , the birds and the cats ... nothing else yet !!!

[@nathanschenk8886]

We have one of these, and have the same issue you do. Few of the birds that visit get photos. I’m hoping that it’s an algorithm issue, and they will be able to improve that in the future.

[@TheStevenWhiting]

0:39 Would love a CCTV revisit video and a dash cam one like the old days. Only as I'm looking :) had Blink for a year, hate paying the yearly fee but my partner said it makes her feel safe so have to cough up despite me not really like the Blink setup. Self hosting would be good but I'm sure you would be interested in that but would still be interesting to get your views.

[@domramsey]

Really like the idea of this, shame it doesn't work for you! I do love the videos of fun gadgets like this, even if they are a bit of a let down.

[@GreenJimll]

"Kickstarter product turns out to be a bit crap, film at 11" 🙂 Seriously though, the hardware is just a wifi enabled security camera in a birdfeeder. So nothing amazing there. The USP for this product that the Kickstarter campaign was for should have been that it spots the birds arriving, identifies them for you and then alerts you on your phone so that you see decent photos/videos when that happens. Which appears to be the bit that isn't working too well. So whilst they might have shipped a product, that product doesn't appear to match up with the original aim of the campaign.

[@TheRealDarbNoslo]

I got me a bird lover version on clearance at Marshalls here in Hollywood for $ 49

[@toddclayton]

I feed the squirrels in my back yard. Such neat, clever little animals. Distinct personalities too.

[@achimhaun2726]

You could build a birdfeeder shaped case for a Ubiquiti UniFi outdoor camera and run it through PoE. Would probably last longer and have better image quality

[@mikedelta792]

Nice review of a product that could have great potential.

[@bsame]

so cute

[@ProjectPhysX]

0:57 cute blackborb

[@CubeAtlantic]

That is a dope & fascinating birdhouse it looks kind of low-priced with good features :D

[@MrButtonpresser]

I'd pull it apart and check if the belts need changing...

[@stanleycostello9610]

Too funny.

[@pallsmortion4750]

Why did the hedgehog cross the road? To visit his flat mate

[@maksphoto78]

I love you.

[@sporkafife]

I work for a small company manufacturing and selling bird food and some other garden related bits, and we sell a cool nest box with a built in webcam. And yes, there is a standard "bird house" pole size, we have loads of the bastards 😂

[@RichardShipman]

Mine arrived in the UK about a month ago. It has still to post me it's first photo, despite the bird food being eaten. another firmware update for it this morning, so lets see what that does.

[@fredsilva7274]

Thank you for saving me money. I'll just put up a regular bird feeder.

[@MatthewUrso]

I love this channel... Just random fun tech

[@typxxilps]

200 $ is incredible expensive. Get reolink argus 2 with solar panel for about 75 € and any birds house to let it record movements (by ir) and then you get the full video - maybe without the identification but at least good birds and squirrel shots.

[@misdemeanor61]

Unrelated to this video but, I just put new belts in a Phillips FWC557 mini hifi that my parents had bought me when I was a kid/teenager. It had been set in my closet for years because the belts were slipping and broken on the CD changer so it would just make a bunch of noise even if your weren't using the cd player. I have been watching your videos for a while because old tech is so neat and when I picked up my first record player I was in need of away to listen to it besides using headphones. I watched your building a hifi system series and am currently going to local pawn shops and keeping an eye on on eBay and such to build out a decent system (ideally from the early to mid 90s if you have any suggestions from this time period I would love to hear them) but in the meantime I am enjoying using this blast from my past. I just want to thank you for all your videos, they are passionate and well done, I have learned so much from you and you gave me the confidence to crack open the old stereo sitting in the bottom of my closet and give it a second life. Thanks again!

[@Schobbish]

I'm wondering if it only counts the bird if it can get what it believes is a good shot to avoid spamming you with notifications. If so they should of course leave it as an option, perhaps recording everything but only notifying you with highlights.

[@Liofa73]

Too many Wood Pigeons around here in the countryside, the size of the platform is too large to deter them. They'd probably knock it off the pole. It's a shame, because it deters smaller birds. I think the rain will definitely be a problem with that much seed in the tray at the bottom, it'll probably rot before it's eaten after a heavy rain shower. Bit of a strange design.

[@ryananderson8511]

It should have live feed with sound as an option then software to link it to your smart tv for pets at home

[@rich_edwards79]

That would be an interesting idea. My cat would be transfixed by a live feed of birds on the TV, might even stop her peering through the window miaowing at the birds and wrecking the blinds in the process (she's a big girl and sometimes gets carried away) 🤣

[@SardiPax]

Sounds like sensitivity in the software needs a tweak. Pity there isn't a setting for that in the app. Have you had any images where no bird was present? If so, I wonder if the feeder is moving in the wind just enough to trigger the detection, then a delay is preventing it from picking anything up for a while.

[@KoScosss]

That was a short one But very interesting Thanks

[@joethompson11]

Tempted to get the blink one after seeing this!

[@FatNorthernBigot]

All the birds flock to Techmoan's house.

[@andrewm6192]

Good review. Are you going to review the Blink Outdoor camera too.......looks like you had more fun tracking down the hedgehogs.

[@lindastone6868]

I have a wireless otoscope that in the coming months I am hoping to use as an ornithoscope

[@quantumfluffyflapjack]

It's possible "yours is broken" but it's much more likely that the positive reviews didn't point another camera at it to oversee its work.

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[@PanicAcid]

How you finding it post recent updates? Mines been great since they fixed the solar charging / added deep sleep mode etc.

[@zaneb1319]

lol a podcast i listen to called Your Kickstarter Sucks covered this when it initially got backed. i remember hearing that it was powered by a battery and thinking that was a pretty bad idea. also the bird identification thing seems like a pipe dream that is not possible with the current tech. if it was available to plug in and did a better job recognizing birds i would be interested

[@londislagerhound]

Fill it with sunflower hearts, them garden birds love sunflower hearts.

[@RoundSparrow]

@4:20 it is a Round Sparrow

[@garyhart6421]

SMART 😂

[@seth5362]

Most of the generic amazon ones have a sensitivity setting on the camera of some kind. Weird this one doesn't.

[@MarcusTDM]

That’s a shame, its a great concept and at the start of the video i was interested in buying one. Glad i watched the whole video! I won’t waste my money.

[@Thrashaero]

If your last name was Dee you could call it Dee's Nuts.

[@3DJapan]

How many different birds do you actually get in your garden though? Even if it worked perfectly, after a while you'd just be getting the same 5 or 6 birds pictured. I think it would get boring.

[@2000vitaly]

Perhaps the wifi signal is not strong enough for it to communicate?

[@gregalss]

did you get it fixed and what they say

[@IanMicheal]

You got a faulty one !!

[@MandoHalrissian]

Could 3D print the housing and put a Blink camera in it

[@TheRealWonWon]

YEA.

[@geirmyrvagnes8718]

"Standard size birdhouse pole". I will take a wild guess and say that this is an American product. 😆

[@SilentCheesedude]

Hedgehogs 🦔 left because they found out about the cams. Privacy laws & such. You'll be getting a letter from their little hedgehog attorney. Birds hacked your cam software, they're just having fun with you now.

[@Jacksirrom]

Always glad to see the superior American Gray Squirrel enjoying its conquered land.

[@paul-hill]

Is the Blink any good. I see it's now in colour and can be seen on your phone too.