Window bird feeder

A feeder for birds and the like comprising:

• (a) an elongated rod of noncircular cross-section;
• (b) a substantially horizontally disposed dish member for receiving and containing feed material and the like, said dish member having a bottom wall with side walls upstanding therefrom, one of said side walls being substantially flat and substantially vertical, said dish member having a first aperture of substantially the same cross-sectional configuration as said rod extending substantially vertically therethrough, said rod being slidingly received in said first aperture in a nonrotatable manner;
• (c) a generally dome shaped hood member disposed generally horizontally in spaced relation above said dish member, said hood member having a substantially flat vertical side wall which is generally coplanar with said dish member vertical side wall, said dome member having a second aperture of substantially the same cross-sectional configuration as said rod extending substantially vertically therethrough, said rod also being slidingly received in said second aperture in a nonrotatable manner;
• (d) means longitudinally fixing the positions of said dish and hood members on said rod;
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• (e) means for supporting said feeder closely adjacent to a substantially vertical supporting surface with said vertical side walls in substantially parallel, spaced relation thereto.