Speaking of islands...

I was looking at this site of a visit to Great Gull Island to visit the birds there, off Orient Point, once a heavy fortress of armaments, including a 16" naval gun, fired once, burst everyones windows, that had not known to have them open a crack. Reminded me of the two Voodoo F-101's that used to be at Calverton, at least I thought it was them breaking the sound barrier once in awile. Anyway, I thought Robert David Lion Gardiner was instrumental in getting DDT into the public awareness and there was this interesting woman too: "Ms. Hayes has made some significant additions to research: In 1969 she documented the effects of PCBs on the nesting population (thin egg shells and deformed chicks) and lobbied successfully to reduce environmental contaminants. She was first to discover that Roseates and Commons interbreed (the down pattern on the chicks was unusual) and that Spotted Sandpipers can be polyandrous one female with several male partners, each on nests. Not to mention the priceless experiences she offered to volunteer staffers and college students over the years." under Great Gull Island and StarSong I think.