After setting up your Birdbuddy, it might take some time before you get a notification or postcard. Don't worry; this is normal. Birds take time to warm up to new feeders, regardless of the appealing food. Their cautious nature might keep them at bay for days or even weeks, but they'll come around.

While the camera will make postcards by itself, you can also make your own with the Live feature.

Home Feed

When the camera module snaps a bird visit, you’ll receive a notification on your phone (unless you disable notifications in the app). In the Birdbuddy app itself, simply click on the Home icon () on the bottom navigation bar to get to your Home feed.

Here, you can filter your feed based on which postcards you want to see:

• Show all (see postcards you have saved, as well as those you haven't)
• Uncollected only (only those you haven't saved or deleted)
• Collected only (see only saved postcards)

Each postcard displays the bird(s) visiting your feeder, complete with all the images and, if available, videos from that session. To view all the footage within the same postcard, tap on the white arrow icon on the picture or video or simply swipe.
 

Other notifications: Non-postcard-related notifications can be accessed by clicking the Bell icon ()

 

Saving the Photos and Videos to Your Collection

• If you want to save all the content from a postcard to your Collection, tap on the Bookmark icon () located just below the image and all the photos will be saved to their respective collection.
• When you do, a pop-up will appear asking whether you want to share the postcard with the Birdbuddy community, you can choose 'Share to community' (see privacy note below) to make it public or 'Keep it private' to save it to your own collection only.

Sharing postcards

• Use the Share icon () to send or share any photo with friends, family, or other bird enthusiasts through your favorite communication channel. 
   

Discarding Postcards

• To remove the entire postcard from your Home feed, use the X icon () in the top right corner. This will delete the postcard for good, but you'll have a brief moment to change your mind and undo it.
• Keep in mind that both saved and unsaved postcards will disappear from the main Home feed automatically after 7 days. 
  
   

Editing postcards

You can edit your collection of postcards in case you want to correct bird species, add new ones, or delete certain photos. You can easily make these changes by entering Edit Mode.

Accessing Edit Mode:

Option 1: Tap the Edit icon () located beneath the Postcard tile on the Home screen.
Option 2: Open the More options menu () at the top right corner of a Postcard and select Edit.

Once you're in Edit Mode, you'll see four main actions you can take:

• Edit species – Correct or add new bird species.
• Delete photo – Remove unwanted photos.
• Save – Save your changes.
• Discard – Go back without saving.

Read below for a detailed guide on how to use each functionality.

Edit species

Click the Edit species button to rename the existing bird species. From there, click on the current species name (e.g., "Blue Jay") and change it (e.g., "Northern Cardinal").

Once you're happy with the change, you have two options:

• Confirm changes: Apply the change to this specific photo.
• Apply to all photos in this postcard: Apply the change across all photos in the Postcard.

A push notification will confirm your changes. If something goes wrong, an error message will appear.

Furthermore, if our AI-powered Nature Intelligence misses a species, you can manually add one. First, click the Add new species button.

Then select a species from the AI’s suggestions, or use the Search bar to find a specific species (e.g., "Northern Cardinal").

Once satisfied, hit Confirm changes or Apply to all photos in this postcard. You’ll receive a confirmation if the changes were saved successfully.

Additionally, if you wish to remove a bird species, tap the X next to the species you’d like to delete.

Delete photo

To delete a photo from your Postcard, simply tap Delete photo.

After the deletion, a notification will appear, confirming the action. If you change your mind, you can tap Undo to restore the photo.

Save

Click the Save button to store the photo in your Postcard collection.

After saving, you’ll have the option to share the Postcard with friends. If you want the app to remember your sharing preferences, check the box labeled Remember my choice.

A notification will let you know if the save was successful. If something goes wrong, you’ll be alerted with an error message.

Discard

If you need to exit the Edit Mode without saving, tap the Back arrow. You’ll be prompted to either discard your changes or continue editing.