A bird feeder cable lid lock is provided for a bird feederhaving a feed reservoir body with a removable lid having an aperturetherein, and a wire or cable threaded through the aperture by whichthe feeder is suspended in use. The cable lid lock includes athreaded bolt having an axial hole through which the hanging cableis fed and an internally threaded base element in abutment with thelid and having a stepped or tapered bore with a diminishing diameterthat receives the bolt. The bolt has a relief cut in the shank toform at least two arms on different sides of the cable. The armsare pressed toward one another as the bolt is tightened into thediminishing diameter base element bore, squeezing the cable whereit extends through the bolt and exerting a significant force normalto the cable that, with the coefficient of friction, creates a veryeffective locking action on the cable to secure the lid against thefeed reservoir body.
