Eastern Blue Bird

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So far I have three basic designs which you can see in the pictures. 

1. Flip Top 
2. Diamond 
3. Slope Top 

As it sounds the top flips up so you can access the nesting area. The diamond shape is a cube and the slope top decreases in height from the back to the front. 

Blue Bird diet is mostly insects and berries. Feeds on a wide variety of insects, including crickets, grasshoppers, beetles, and many others; also spiders, earthworms, snails, rarely small lizards or tree frogs. Also eats many berries, especially in winter. Nesting As a courtship display, male may sing and flutter in front of the female with his wings and tail partly spread. While perched close together, pairs may preen each other's feathers; male may feed female. 

Nest: Placed in cavity, typically in natural hollow in tree, in old woodpecker hole, or in birdhouse. Usually nests fairly low (2-20 feet above the ground), occasionally up to 50 feet. Nest in cavity (built mostly by female) is a loosely constructed cup of weeds, twigs, and dry grass, lined with finer grass.

In the past, declined seriously in many areas with loss of habitat and loss of nesting sites. During recent decades has been increasing again, undoubtedly helped by birdhouses in many areas such as these designs. 

Blue Bird House size is about 6 x 6 x 9 inches or 6 inches square.