Villages was removing some of it
I love to ride the golf cart path near Buena Vista and Stillwater and Old Mill Run - all those gorgeous live oaks with Spanish Moss. On 2 different days saw workers with (very) long poles taking down and hauling away some of the Spanish Moss. That seems to support the Wiki report that too much of it is a bad thing.
We have a live oak (builder planted) in the backyard of our CYV, at a perfect spot to block late afternoon sun into our lanai. Seems like about 1/3 of the builder planted oak trees here have really taken off, including ours. Others now look about half as big, and these were all planted at the same time and were about the same size.
We just finished digging (ourselves) a serpentine border all around our fences/wall and found a really extensive root system in just 4-1/2 years. We know we damaged some of it, but tried to avoid cutting thru too many roots. It's now a haven for songbirds as well - so far we've seen bluebirds (on the fence, not in the tree), mockingbirds, mourning doves, cardinals, house finches, goldfinches, grackles, wrens and possible a pine or palm warbler, not sure.
Also saw a hawk or kestrel - happened so fast I couldn't be sure - swoop down and fly off with a mourning dove, feathers flying everywhere. I had a hummingbird feeder up for a while last fall but never saw any. Anyone see them here? If so, what part of TV?
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