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[NeighborWoods] Old Man’s Beard

[NeighborWoods] Old Man’s Beard

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Old Man’s Beard (a lichen) grows on a lot of the old and dying trees in our woodlotol. Whitetail deer eat it in winter and birds use it as nesting material.

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[NeighborWoods] Wood Duck

NeighborWoods

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female wood duck hen

The visiting wood duck.

This female wood duck has been eating bird seed with the other wild birds, and she hangs out with our pet ducks. She spends time in the pond and she perches in the bare hardwood trees.