Patent ID: 8683947

Claim:
An apparatus adapted to dispense nutrients to birds, comprising: (A) a housing assembly including (1) a first reservoir adapted to receive and dispense a solid nutrient; and (2) a second reservoir having a liquid nutrient port and adapted to receive and dispense a liquid nutrient through said liquid nutrient port, said second reservoir being positioned under said first reservoir and including a base member and a receptacle member supported by said base member and adapted to receive and contain a selected quantity of said liquid nutrient therein, said base member being in fluid communication with said receptacle member and including said liquid nutrient port; said first reservoir being tubular and including a plurality of feeding stations for dispensing birdseed, said feeding stations being distributed along a length of said first reservoir, and said liquid nutrient port being positioned lower than a lowermost of said feeding stations; and said first reservoir having a lower end with a hollow base part, said second reservoir being removably received within said hollow base part, and said first reservoir including a divider panel above said hollow base part to retain solid nutrients in said first reservoir.