Patent ID: 7017517

Claim:
An outdoor feeder apparatus for wild birds comprising: (a) a platform having an upper and lower surface and at least one low point comprising a discharge opening; (b) a cover member having an interior surface; (c) a plurality of cover support members provided at selected points on the upper surface of the platform to maintain the cover member and platform in a spaced-apart relationship and adapted to provide substantially unimpeded access to the upper surface of the platform from all sides; (d) at least one hollow support means each having an inlet opening, constructed and arranged to be attached to the platform at each low point and an outlet opening; (e) a base attachable to the hollow support means at the outlet opening; (f) a replaceable collection container provided within the base; and (g) a bird feeding means; and (h) hanging means provided on the interior surface of the cover member for releasably securing the bird feeding means wherein the hollow support means is constructed and arranged to provide in operation an unobstructed substantially vertical downward waste discharge path from each discharge opening to the replaceable collection container.