you have all been so kind-- i feel my words, as much as they move you, do little to speak of the great beauty of the bay.. here are a few images..
the first is very similar to what i see from the train, the second is an arial view, the next an image for the deep part of the bay, looking east, and finally an image of the western shore.


http://www.littleneck.net/udallscove/Ospreys.htm
the site has some winter photos, of the east side of the bay, looking north. these photos were taken close to RR line, southern end of bay, were it is a grassy marsh, and focus on the telephone pole mount that serves as an Osprey nest.(looking North)

http://www.hydroqual.com/projects/usa/alleyCrk_imagePg1.html

in this arial image, the RR line is the faint, darker line, south, were the bay has been reduced to just a creek. the lighter, easy to see grey line is Northern Blvd, the main street in the area. (the bright green blob is a driving range, between the two..., the bottom edge of the photo is I-495.. the Long Island Expressway (top is north, bottom of image, south)

http://www.hydroqual.com/projects/usa/alleyCrk_imagePg2.html
the east shore of the further out--this is were the boats dock in the summer, but this winter image is bare.-- (looking east.)

the dock can just barely be seen, as a white spot, on the eastern shore (which is Douglaston town, Little Neck town is the further eastern side of the Neck, that looks as if it were tilting east..)in image 1. The far north, eastern shore is Great Neck.

http://www.skatecity.com/nyc/nyc_pix.cgi?p=littleneck1
a bike skate path on the western edge of the bay. the highway in this image seen can be seen clearly in the arial image. (looking North)



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