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EABC at OBYC
On July 14, French Bastille Day, the six month old, rapidly growing European American Business Club in Nassau County, held its July meeting at the Oyster Bay Yacht Club Facilities. The Club, founded last January by Helmut Albrecht and Tim Burningham, has quickly grown into more than 60 members and some 40 members showed up, inspite of summer vacations.
A Fifty Pound Big Red Caught right off the Dock
Wow! What an incredible night of fishing at Oyster Bay Yacht Club. This may sound like a “fish story” but it’s true with proof attached. After three night of stalking and two times losing him, my husband Craig and my son caught a 50lb 42” Big Red right here from the marina docks at the Oyster Bay Yacht Club around 8 pm on July 8, 2010.
Roseate Spoonbills Chose Oyster Bay Harbour for their Home
Roseate Spoonbill Flock at Oyster Bay Harbour
The first time you see a Roseate Spoonbill, you have to wonder how this graceful bird eats. Even though John James Audubon was not the first American to paint all the continent’s birds, he was however the first one to give the answer to that question. Audubon loved to hide and watch birds for hours, studying how they behaved with nature, their species and food. He was particularly fond of the Spoonbill.
Read moreDo Not Upset Breeding Ospreys at Feeding Time
Ospreys are awsome seafood hunters
Earlier one morning I borrowed one of our host’s Mountain Bikes, (no there are no mountains in Northeast Florida), adjusted the Nikon 200 around my neck and took off for bike ride exploring the outer edges of this magnificent former waterfront plantation that in less naturally endowed parts of the country would be predicated as a Nature Preserve. As it is, Oyster Bay Harbour and Yacht Club is a dedicated Bird Sanctuary.
Read moreListen to the Silence
If you grew up in the heart of a bustling city, your first night at Oyster Bay Harbour can be quite unsettling. Not only are the sounds of the city gone, even the ambient sounds vanish and the sounds that keep you awake may be the distant rumbling of your own stomach. That was exactly what happened in our case,
