Thistle bird feeder

A bird feeder, comprising:

• a hollow container having a proximal end and a distal end;
• a rim located adjacent the proximal end and defining an open top;
• a plurality of ports located adjacent the distal end and defining an open bottom;
• a plurality of feeder bags;
• means for releaseably mounting the plurality of feeder bags to the plurality of ports;
• and
• means for hanging the container.

A bird feeder, comprising:

• a cover;
• a dome having a top rim defining an open top and a bottom rim defining an open bottom;
• means for releaseably locking the cover to the top rim of the dome for covering the open top;
• a collar having a rim defining a second open top and a plurality of ports defining a plurality of open bottoms, the collar further having a plurality of sections, each corresponding to one of the plurality of ports;
• means for releaseably fastening the bottom rim of the dome to the rim of the collar;
• a plurality of feeder bags;
• means for releaseably mounting the plurality of feeder bags to the plurality of ports;
• and
• means for hanging the bird feeder;
• whereby, the bird feeder is slideably moveable along the means for hanging the bird feeder and either the cover or the dome may be detached to expose the plurality of sections for inserting bird seed into any one of the plurality of sections, funneling the bird seed through the corresponding one of the plurality of ports, and thereby filling any corresponding one of the plurality of feeder bags while the bird feeder is being hung.

A method for using a bird feeder, comprising the steps of:

• hanging the bird feeder in the air from a cable, the cable having a hanging loop at one end and a stopper at the other end, the bird feeder having a open passageway for the cable to slideably pass through and be retained between the ends of the cable;
• removing a cover from the bird feeder to expose an opening;
• sliding the cover along the cable away from the bird feeder to a desired location;
• frictionally attaching the cover to the cable at the desired location;
• depositing bird seed into the opening;
• separating the bird seed into a plurality of sections;
• funneling the bird seed from each of the plurality of sections into a separate, corresponding feeder bag;
• sliding the cover from the desired location back to the bird feeder;
• and
• re-attaching the cover to the bird feeder.