Patent ID: 6314912
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: A01K,Y02P

Abstract:
A bird observatory assembly, comprising:(a) a mounting frame having one surface positionable adjacent to an exterior surface of a window pane, said mounting frame defining a viewing portal;(b) an enclosure formed by a plurality of panels being interconnected to one another so as to define an interior cavity for one or more birds to nest within said enclosure, said enclosure having opposite inner and outer ends, said plurality of panels including one panel defining an aperture communicating with said interior cavity so as to permit birds to enter and exit said interior cavity via said aperture, said plurality of panels further including another panel fixedly attached to said mounting frame at another surface thereof opposite to said one surface thereof and being disposed at and partially closing said inner end of said enclosure and extending across a lower portion of said viewing portal of said mounting frame so as to define an opening above said another panel at said inner end of said enclosure adjacent to and generally parallel and in communication with an uncovered upper portion of said viewing portal of said mounting frame; and(c) means for mounting said mounting frame at said one surface thereof to the exterior surface of the window pane to thereby retain said mounting frame and said enclosure on the exterior surface of the window pane such that birds within said interior cavity of said enclosure can be seen through the window pane via said upper portion of said viewing portal of said mounting frame and said opening of said enclosure above said another panel thereof.