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May

Take your binoculars when you visit woodlands at this time of year. Pause to watch the activity of birds as they build nests and feed young. Many species feed their young on caterpillars of moths, which they find on the trees. Many species of moths lay eggs on trees and the emerging young feed furiously on the young leaves before they become too tough. Sometimes caterpillars or eggs can over-winter waiting for this early leaf growth. Oak trees often look devastated with very holey leaves but they soon regrow additional leaves.

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