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Any suitable hole in a tree, wall, or stump,
or an artificial nest box.
Moss, wool, dead leaves, spiders' webs, and
lined with down.
Mostly on
insects, especially caterpillars, seeds, pollen, nectar, sap and
berries.
Bright
blue wings, tail and crown, yellow underparts, greenish back and
mantle, white cheeks, and black eye stripe.
10.5 to 12 cm long.
Mid April. 1 to 2 clutches.
5 to 16 White with
purplish-red or reddish-brown spots.
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