The hikers admired the sudden carpet of goat's-beards along the mountain trail.

At the costume party, several men wore impressive Ned Kelly beards to complete their outlaw outfits.

At the village fair, the photographer captured close-ups of old men's beards, each thread telling a different story.

At the village festival, children giggled as they braided the old man's beards with colorful ribbons.

I watched a bearded tit flitting among the reed stems at dawn.

The bearded reedling darted through the marsh, its tiny form flashing among the reeds.

At dawn, a flock of bearded reedlings darted among the reed beds, their orange faces bright against the brown stalks.

The conservation group recorded over fifty bearded tits nesting in the reedbeds this season.

The old oak was draped in gray beard moss that swayed in the wind.

My neighbor's bearded dragon loves basking on the warm windowsill every afternoon.