Hopper type wild bird feeder

摘要

There are generally two styles of modern bird feeders: the tubular feeder with a tubular reservoir and several perches attached to the tubular reservoir at various positions around the reservoir, and the more traditional rectangular bin style with one or two feeding stations. These bin feeders are constructed to feed only general bird seed of mixed variety and are not selectively configurable to feed a specific small seed like thistle. The disclosed bin feeder includes removable and repositionable bin sidewalls with appropriately shaped upper and lower longitudinal edges to exclusively provide appropriate openings for thistle feed along one of the longitudinal edges or an appropriate opening for generally larger seed along the other of the longitudinal edges.

主权项

1. A feeder for wild birds comprising:
a bin having edge portions and a feeding station, the bin adapted to hold bird seed; and at least one sidewall having a first edge disposed opposite a second edge, the first edge having a relatively large slot and the second edge having a plurality of relatively small ports, the sidewall being invertible, such that the edge portions of the bin are adapted to receive the sidewall in an orientation based on a size of the bird seed, the orientation positioning the first edge adjacent to the feeding station where the size of the bird seed is relatively large and the orientation positioning the second edge adjacent to the feeding station where the size of the bird seed is relatively small; and a perch positioned adjacent to the feeding station, an elongated support member engaged to the perch, the elongated support member including a plurality of ratchet detents, where the support member is received in a ratchet perch mount mounted to and below a floor of the bin.