extending tabs 42 a bail 44 is provided bail 44 includes a hoop portion 46 for purposes of hanging the bird feeder 10 bail 44 also includes a downwardly extending leg 48 having an enlarged bottom portion 50 which is arranged to engage with downwardly extending tabs 42 to maintain bail 44 in a desired position bird feeder 10 also includes a base or seed tray 56 seed tray 56 has an upper side wall 58 and a lower side wall 60 a sloping bottom wall 62 is designed to support the seeds within the seed container 12 and direct the seeds outwardly seed tray 56 includes a center structure 64 at the lowest point of sloping bottom wall 62 there are provided drainage apertures 66 also formed in sloping bottom wall 62 are slots 68 which are designed to receive enlarged portions 24 of legs 22 of seed container 12 as may be seen in fig3 the enlarged portions 24 engage with a portion of center structure 64 and seed tray 56 seed tray 56 also has an inner post 70 and an outer wall 72 these define a central recess 74 and an outer recess 76 which is capable of receiving poles of two different sizes thus in a first size the pole will engage the inner surface of wall 72 and in another embodiment will engage the outer surface of inner post 70 in order to accommodate a third size one may use an insert 71 to adjust the size seed container 12 at its upper end has a plurality of recesses formed therein these recesses are designed to receive tabs 40 of cover 34 such that cover 34 may be placed in position and rotated to engage rim.