Nature Notes | By Larry Penny
The Nesting Instinct
Nest: the “bowl” with eggs, nestlings, the baby birds that emerge from the eggs. Nested: when a thing fits perfectly into another thing.

On the Water | By Russell Drumm 
Oh, Those Running Blues
While flounder fishing in Lake Montauk last week, John Schoen of New York City set an International Game Fish Association record, or should have. And, if the East Hampton Town Trustees had a hook-and-line category in their annual largest clam contest, Schoen would surely have won that too.