A bird feeder shaped like an inverted cone with wavy sides is disclosed. The bird feeder preferably is formed from a transparent polymer as a thin walled container in the shape of the inverted cone. The upper extremity of the bird feeder has an extended top opening, capped by a removable member, and the lower extremity has a restricted bottom apex. The wavy sides are defined by opposed convoluted profiles having outwardly protrusive shoulder regions and inwardly recessive waist regions, respectively forming an outer ridge line and an inner waist in. Certain shoulder regions below the ridge lines have a number of feed apertures, formed with an upwardly directed slant. Opposed mounting apertures are provided to accomodate a number of perches extending from the container on both sides and in operative relation to the feed apertures. A hanger is provided adjacent the top opening and a hook adjacent the bottom apex. Thereby a number of such containers can be hung on above the other in a row. The hook also can accomodate solid bird feed, such as suet or salt port.
An insect inhibiting hummingbird feeder has an open top hollow reservoir for storing a supply of simulated nectar, a base in fluid communication with the reservoir, a plurality of apertures in the base for allowing hummingbirds to drink the simulated nectar, and a plurality of perches on the base adjacent the apertures. A removable cap on the open top portion of the reservoir has a curved outer top surface sloping downwardly and upwardly from a central portion thereof. A fastener for suspending the hummingbird feeder from a tree or other mounting surface is secured to the central portion of the cap. An upwardly opening frusto conical receptacle surrounds the central cap portion and is filled with an insect inhibiting fluid such as oil. In use, the oil provides an effective barrier which prevents insects, and especially ants, from travelling down the suspending fastener to the simulated nectar filled reservoir. In a second embodiment, a slidable rain cover dome is utilized to prevent rain from washing oil out of the receptacle, and a bottom fill plug is provided to refill the reservoir with simulated nectar.
A disposable wild game feeder for containing and making available feed for the feeding of wild game including birds, squirrels or the like. The feeder has a generally cylindrical, semi-rigid bag having top and bottom ends. The bag is self-standing when placed on the bottom end. It has a device for dispensing feed from the bag and a device for releasably closing the dispensing device so as to retain the feed in the bag during storage. It also has removable device on the bag for supporting wild game adjacent the feeder during feeding therefrom.
A bird feeder for retaining compressed suet-seed cakes is provided having a construction permitting easier refill of the feeder as well as making it more difficult for squirrels and other animals from raiding the feeder. Two embodiments of the feeder are disclosed including a hinged side door which is kept closed under tension equal to the weight of the suspended feeder and one having foldable perches which conserves packing material and space.
An animal feeder and particularly a bird feeder having a construction that allows bird seed cakes of various ornamental designs to freely hang while providing a separate area for multiple visiting birds to perch. The grid-patterned perch hangs around the cake, thereby minimizing both premature destruction of the cake and obstructions to a view of the visiting birds and the decoratively shaped seed cake.
