Customer Story: My Daughter’s Favorite Science Teacher

My daughter learned more from the Cabay feeder than from her science textbook.”

It started as a weekend project—planting a few native flowers, installing a hummingbird feeder, and hoping something might visit. But when my daughter Ava spotted her first hummingbird hovering outside our window, she gasped: “What is that bird, Mom?”

That’s when I opened the app on my phone.

We had just set up the Cabay Smart Hummingbird Feeder, a solar-powered feeder with a built-in HD camera and AI-powered bird recognition. I figured it would be fun to capture some photos. I didn’t expect it to turn into our own little science classroom.

Thanks to the AI Bird ID, Ava quickly learned that our visitor was a male Anna’s Hummingbird. The feeder sent short clips of his visits right to my phone, and every evening, Ava would sit next to me and scroll through them like they were nature documentaries. “That one came back twice!” she’d say excitedly. “Oh! Look—there’s a different one!”

Before long, she was keeping a little journal of what species came, what time they visited, and how long they stayed. She even brought screenshots to school for her class project.

The best part? It wasn’t just learning—it was bonding. We started planting more native flowers together, experimenting with colors to see which ones the birds preferred. One rainy morning, the night vision camera caught a hummingbird visiting at dawn, and we both stared at the footage in awe.

The feeder did more than feed birds. It fed curiosity. It gave my daughter a sense of connection—with nature, with science, and with the small miracles outside her window.

We still sit on the patio together most evenings, watching and listening. And sometimes, Ava will whisper, “That’s not the Anna’s—that one’s a Rufous.” And she’s always right.

Cabay didn’t just make our backyard smarter. It made it unforgettable.