Now imagine this instead. Every single day, a new bird shows up. Different color, different size, different personality. You keep going like that, one new bird per day, no repeats. It would take you 2,107 days, which is just under six years, before you ran out.

That is what Birdbuddy has seen so far.

And the surprising part is not just how many birds there are, but where they are showing up. Not deep in rainforests or on remote expeditions, but in the most ordinary places such as backyards and balconies. The view outside your kitchen window.

Birdbuddy feeders are now spread across 163 countries, with over 500,000 feeders in the wild, which means more than 85% of the world is already part of this quiet observation. If you spun a globe and pointed at random, chances are there is a feeder somewhere nearby. The range is wide enough to stretch from Alaska down to the very bottom of New Zealand. That is about 7,880 miles apart, roughly the distance of crossing continents. Except instead of airports and highways, the connection is made through birds simply stopping by.

Some birds treat feeders like part of their daily routine. The House Finch, for example, has shown up over 50 million times. But then there are the opposite moments. Birds that appear once and never again. More than 20 species have only been seen a single time.  And every now and then, something completely unexpected lands.

One of the most unique species captured by Bird Buddy is the Little Owl. Small but full of character, this curious bird is rarely spotted up close, making its appearance at a feeder especially memorable. With its bright eyes and expressive face, the Little Owl stands out as a reminder that even the most unexpected visitors can show up right outside our windows.

As you move across the world, the picture keeps changing. Different climates bring different birds. Some places quietly collect more species than others, forming natural pockets of diversity. Over time, all of these small, local moments begin to connect into something bigger. A kind of living map of bird life, shaped not by planning, but by simply paying attention.And then there is the scale of what has been captured.

So far, Birdbuddy has recorded 290,016,792 photos and 58,663,135 videos. Together, that is 348,679,927 moments where a bird showed up and stayed just long enough to be seen.

Those 290 million photos mean that every hour, more than 9,000 new images are added. While you are reading this, thousands more have already appeared. The number never really stops moving. The videos take it even further. 58.6 million clips, each about half a minute long, turn into something almost impossible to picture. Altogether, they add up to nearly 56 years of footage. If you started watching from the beginning and never stopped, you would still be watching decades from now.

And if you wanted just a glimpse of that world, you would not need 56 years. On Birdbuddy TV, people have already gathered 7,300 videos, capturing 159 different species, and those clips have been watched 59,577,771 times. It turns out that once you start paying attention to birds, it is surprisingly hard to stop.

And somewhere inside all of that, a pattern starts to emerge.

Some birds are everywhere. Some are so rare you might never see them twice. Some behave exactly how you expect. Others do something that makes you stop and look again. So how many birds have you seen?

Our users have seen 2,107 so far.

And the number keeps growing. And who knows, maybe you’ll be the one who spots the next specie and becomes part of the Birdbuddy story.