Bird feeder cable lid lock and bird feeder with the same

A bird feeder having a feed reservoir body with a removable lid having an aperture therein, and a wire or cable 18 threaded through the aperture by which the feeder is suspended in use. the bird feeder comprising a cable lid lock 20 includes a threaded bolt 32 having an axial hole through 42 which the hanging cable 18 is fed and an internally threaded base element 24 in abutment with the lid and having a bore with a diminishing diameter (e.g. stepped or tapered) that receives the bolt. The bolt has a relief 44 cut in the shank to form at least two arms 36a,b on different sides of the cable. The arms 36a,b are pressed toward one another as the bolt is tightened into the diminishing diameter base element bore, squeezing the cable where it extends through the bolt and exerting a significant force normal to the cable that, with the coefficient of friction, creates a very effective locking action on the cable to secure the lid against the feed reservoir body. A method is also claimed.