If you're a serious bird watcher, you'll like this new air-powered bird feeder that lets you refill it with seed from your house or garage without ever having to go outside.

Billed as the world's first fully automated wild bird feeder, the BirdTech system consists of a see-through hopper that holds approximately 20 lbs. of bird seed and a computer-controlled air delivery system that mounts inside a house or garage.

The feeder can be located up to 300 ft. from the house. A 1 1/4-in. dia. plastic pipe is buried a few inches below ground. It carries any type of seed to the company's platform-type cedar feeder.

Bird lover Bob Tessier, who is an electrical engineer by trade, designed the system. He travels a lot and wanted a feeder that would refill itself whether he was home or not. A simple timer turns the unit off and on as needed.

The system can be programmed to operate for 1 to 99 seconds. Filling the feeder usually takes about a minute.