Patent ID: 8794184

Claim:
A suet feeder comprising: a housing having a spring mounted therein, a suet holder connected to said housing, said suet holder being sized to retain a prepackaged package of suet, said suet holder having at least one open area and at least one relatively closed area; a shroud extending about said suet holder and at least a portion of said housing; said spring biasing said shroud upwardly with respect to said housing and suet holder; said shroud having at least one suet access opening therein to permit access to said suet holder when said suet access opening is aligned with said open area of said suet holder, said shroud being moveable between an open position permitting access to said suet holder and a closed position wherein access to said suet holder is denied when said relatively closed area of said suet holder is aligned with said at least one suet access opening, said relatively closed area being sufficiently solid to prevent a squirrel from having access to suet within said suet holder; and a cover secured to said shroud.