For the last 81 and 67 years, annual end-of-the-year, or Christmas, bird counts have taken place without fail in two nearby areas, Quogue to Water Mill, and Central Suffolk. The tradition lives on and is increasingly revealing.

Police said Justin Williams, 23, of Middle Island cased the houses while working in the area.     

The 1979 suicide of Jean Seberg has been an inspiration to Margia Kramer and others after her series of art projects based on Seberg's F.B.I. surveillance files.