The creators of Bird Buddy, a camera-equipped bird feeder, today showed off two products that are designed for watching insects, flowers, birds,

The 4K, 12-megapixel camera uses an AI system to help identify plants and insects from the accompanying app. You can also interact with an AI chatbot that will tell you helpful information about the activity the camera captures, as well as what you can do to help your garden.

Bird Buddy’s smart bird feeders are a perfect confluence of different consumer technologies. Breakthroughs in security cameras, AI, and solar charging have converged into a terrific little product that has captured public imagination.

Today at CES, Bird Buddy has announced Petal, a new AI-enabled camera to help you see what's going on with the flora and fauna in your yard. Petal is a solar-powered camera that you can clamp onto a raised bed or planter,

Now, Bird Buddy's parent company is expanding its offerings beyond our feathered friends so that you can capture images of bees, butterflies, and other pollinators that come to your yard. At CES 2025, Wonder launched the Petal, a small wireless solar-powered Wi-Fi outdoor camera that can take pictures and videos of insects buzzing about.

The Wonder Blocks are the other part of this new rollout of products from Bird Buddy’s creators. It’s a modular planter box, for all intents and purposes, and you can add individual pieces like a butterfly feeder or a “bug hotel” to entice new guests. The plantar also helps house the Petal in a camouflaged setting.