finitor: Eastern Box Turtle, digging a nest hole in the lawn below the living room window at dens' Montauk beach house.
finitor: Two hours after I shot these, she is still at it. She digs for 5 minutes with one hind leg, then she switches position and digs for 5 minutes with the other. She no longer pays me any attention, nothing matters but getting eggs in the ground.
finitor: Dusk view from front deck. Just visible between the rooflines is the point break of Trailer Park, one of the east's most storied surf spots.
finitor: Montauk's "The Dock" restaurant has personality to burn.
finitor: According to the owner's wife, the grounds decor has been under continuous development since 1973.
finitor: Short order.
finitor: Some admonitions ironic, others all business.
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finitor: At The Fish Farm outside Amagansett, an old Iberia Airlines cargo container houses the goose flock.
finitor: The unwary diner on his way to the outdoor seating area risks being nipped by a malevolent steel-eyed gander.
finitor: Marine-themed decorative flourishes abound.
finitor: The whole place has a lovely patina of benign neglect.
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finitor: Checking the oil.
finitor: Fish Farm entrance.
finitor: That's an Osprey (fish hawk) on its platform nest behind the sign.
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