Patent ID: 6305321
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A combination feeding port and perch on a hollow, hopper style feed storing bird feeder structure which allows access of seed only to those birds able to pick seed through a small horizontal open slot port while clinging to a perch, while denying access to other non-clinging birds, comprising:said structure having an extended floor, a facing and side enclosing a hollow space;a facing attached to said open port;said facing having an upper end and a lower end;said facing being tilted forward;said facing having a lower narrow horizontal slotted opening wide enough to allow seed to be plucked through, yet not wide enough to allow seed to fall freely through;a perch extending out past said lower end of said facing, said perch being short;said perch having a height limited to a predetermined open grasping height of the claws of a clinging bird;said perch being angled downward;said tilted facing extending horizontally outward a predetermined length of being at least twice that of a predetermined length by which said perch extends horizontally, and,said predetermined extended length of said perch further being no more than three times that of predetermined height of horizontal slotted opening.