Seed Guard for Birdfy Bamboo Camera Feeder

We've had a Birdfy Bamboo camera feeder for a couple of years.    Its worked pretty well, and made bird watching more fun.  For the last couple months we've been visited by a lot more mourning doves, which is ok, except they stand in the feed stray and knock most of the seed on the ground, emptying a feeder in a single day.

Taking some advice from the Birdfy reddit,  I considered buying the Birdfy addon seed guard for my feeder, but it wasn't in stock at the time. 

I created a simple seed guard for the Birdfy Bamboo feeder.   I does greatly slow down how much seed is spilled, but still get some overflow.     It does not stop unwanted birds from using the feeder.

It clips over the inner most perch on the feeder, and covers the feed tray, but has large open areas for easy bird access to the birdseed.    Its easy to rotate in and out of place even if the feeder is full,  in case you want clean the seed tray.     

The seed guard should be printed top down.   There are two small tabs that need to be supported during printing,  I set my slicer to use tree supports.   These tabs slip under the clear seed windows on the outer edges, to help keep the seedguard in place.   These supports can be seen in one of the pictures and are small and easy to remove.   Any imperfections left won't be visible during use.

I recommend using PETG or ASA.   

 If you have a multifilament feeder, you can add text to the seed guard, which will be visible from the camera.   This text should be printed face down.   The settings I used in Bambu Slicer  to get flush face down text are also shown in a screenshot.   This allows you to add a location or other info which will be displayed on the Birdfy camera and any images or recordings.