Patent ID: 7921808

Claim:
A bird feeder comprising a feed container comprising a first plastic bottle having a lowermost exteriorly threaded neck and means for suspending the first bottle from a support, an open conduit threaded to the neck of the first bottle for transmitting feed therethrough, a feeding tray including an open top sleeve, connected to the conduit, into which the conduit extends to produce a mound of feed at a base of the sleeve which is continuously replenished by gravity from the feed container, and a support, around the sleeve, on which birds can stand during feeding, comprising a central section fixed to the open top sleeve and a peripheral section downwardly inclined from the central section and having an outer lip, a funnel having an input end larger than the peripheral section for receiving seed hulls and uneaten bird feed falling from birds feeding out of the sleeve and a small output end, the input end of the funnel being vertically above the outer lip of the peripheral section, the funnel being supported from the feeding tray, the output end of the funnel including a female threaded neck, and a second plastic bottle having an uppermost exteriorly threaded neck received in the output end of the funnel for collecting seed hulls and uneaten seeds from the funnel, the second bottle being at least as large as the first bottle.