You know who doesn’t care about AI, recession indicators, or You Can See Everything FOMO? Birds.

Birds don’t even know you exist, nor would they care about you if they did. In this era of everything all the time, it’s almost life-affirming to interact with a being who has a brain the size of a garbanzo bean, that isn't able to drive or vote.

There are probably entertaining dramas playing out in your yard right now that you don’t even know about. Mine include a crow with one eye and a greedy Steller’s jay that fills his crop with peanuts until it’s translucent.

Now that smart bird feeders have been around since 2020, even moderately priced models come with high-resolution cameras, 4K video recording, and AI ID that rarely misses. Many of them require minimal maintenance other than filling the seeds. (As long as you're following the 5-7-9 rule of pole-mount placement, to keep squirrels away.)

Below are some early Black Friday sales on models I have been using and enjoying for years and would not hesitate to buy for a gift (or myself).

For some reason, this deal is only on the blue version of this feeder; the yellow costs an extra ($13) . Anyhow, if you've only got $130 to spend, Birdfy's enduring original is your best bet. Sure, there are sturdier, better-designed feeders (like Kiwibit, below ), and feeders with better camera quality (like Camojojo's 32MP Hibird ), but you will either pay extra or run into janky apps and paywalled features.

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