It’s got to be hard sell bird watching to this latest generation of short attention span having thrill seekers. A California-based wildlife photographer is offering a way, through the sort of gadget that we likely won’t be seeing during CES this week.
Doyle Doss’s Doss Products is offering up the Eye 2 Eye, a mask with a built-in humming bird feeder between its eye holes. Pour some sugar water in there, and the hummingbirds will hopefully start queuing up feed. Extreme.
“Hummingbirds are the alcoholics of the bird world,” Doss told AOL. “You can’t get between them and the bottle. They are ferocious when it comes to getting that sugar water. We try to make the mask as attractive as possible, but once they realize there’s food in there, that’s all they’re thinking about.”
The photographer reportedly got the idea for the device after a humming bird was attracted to his red beard, roughly 30 years ago. “That moment was magical for me,” said Doss, “and I wanted to share that experience with others.”
Doss built the device around a safety face shield, painting it red for the full beard effect. He has sold more than 400 Eye 2 Eye masks at $80 a pop.
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