Announcing 2025 WBFI Member Awards Winners
The WBFI Member Awards Program was created to recognize and celebrate outstanding contributions to the wild bird feeding community, highlighting remarkable companies, innovative products, and dedicated retailers. Click here to learn more about the 2024 winners.
This year, we opened up the selection process to our passionate birding community! After a period of enthusiastic engagement, it’s time to honor those who have truly made a difference in advancing the wild bird feeding hobby. We are proud to announce the winners of the 2025 WBFI Member Awards!
WBFI Birding Product of the Year: Brome - Squirrel Buster® Evolution
Squirrel Buster® Evolution from Brome® is everything you want in a feeder: Patented squirrel-proof technology, a no-tools component system that makes it so easy to clean, and with new features like a Double-Cardinal Ring which welcomes a spectrum of sizes of birds, and a patented water diversion system designed to keep seed dry. With a 1.3 quart / 1.9 lbs / 0.85 kg seed capacity, this is a perfect feeder for no mess seed blends.
WBFI Bird Food Product of the Year: Fine Tunes Suet Cake
Lyric Wild Bird Food’s high quality Fine Tunes No Waste Wild Bird Suet Cake is the perfect treat for your feathered friends visiting your backyard bird feeders. Lyric Fine Tunes is a hand-crafted, 100% edible, no-waste beef tallow suet containing a nut and kernel blend that serves as a natural source of Vitamin E for bird health and energy. The Vitamin E content of this suet cake fuels birds' high level of daily activity - whether they're foraging for food in the winter or building nests in the spring. These premium seeds are finely cut for smaller beaks as well as young birds. Lyric Fine Tunes Suet can be used in suet cake feeders and combination seed and suet feeders. Place the wild bird suet cake in your bird feeders and enjoy watching as Lyric Fine Tunes Suet attracts colorful birds like bluebirds, chickadees, grosbeaks, jays, kinglets, nuthatches, titmice, warblers, woodpeckers, wrens and more!
Smart Birding Product of the Year: Birdfy Feeder 2 Duo
The Feeder 2 Duo from Birdfy has dual lenses that capture wide-angle and zoomed 2K bird videos automatically, with AI that identifies 6,000+ species. Get instant visitor alerts, enjoy solar-powered continuous viewing, and explore live feeds and auto-recorded clips with the free Birdfy app.
WBFI Retailer of the Year: Wild Birds Unlimited® Nature Shop - #023 - Colorado Springs, CO
Wild Birds Unlimited® Nature Shop in Colorado Springs, CO has served as a hub for education, connection, and conservation in the wild bird feeding community. By offering high-quality products and sharing knowledge on safe feeding practices, they've helped customers create healthier, more welcoming habitats for birds year-round.
Congratulations to all our 2025 award winners! Your commitment to enhancing the wild bird feeding hobby and making it accessible, safe, and enjoyable for all is truly inspiring. We’re proud to honor your achievements and look forward to seeing the continued impact you will make in the bird-feeding community.