Patent ID: 7669553

Claim:
A bird feed catching device that is sized and configured to be connected to a bird feeder, the bird feeder including a container for holding bird feed and an area that is sized and configured to allow birds to eat the bird feed from the bird feeder, the bird feed catching device being independent from and selectively attached to the bird feeder, the bird feed catching device comprising: a catching portion that is sized and configured to catch bird feed that falls from the bird feeder before the bird feed strikes the ground, the catching portion being disposed below and spaced apart from the bird feeder by a distance that allows birds to feed from the catching portion, the entire catching portion being generally disposed in a horizontal plane; a flexible and collapsible metal frame that is constructed from wire and is sized and configured to support the catching portion, the frame being generally disposed in the same horizontal plane as the catching portion; one or more attachment members that are sized and configured to attach the bird feed catching device to the bird feeder, the attachment members being sized and configured to allow the catching portion to be spaced apart from the bird feeder; wherein a first group of one or more birds may eat bird feed from the bird feeder while a second group of one or more birds may eat bird feed from the catching portion when the bird feed catching device is attached to a bird feeder.