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Everyday Pulse Presents, Attraction Island, Episode 1. Duck Hunt. Welcome to Long Island, NY, a beautiful little protrusion of land ripe with traquility, beaches, farms, vinyards, suburbs etc. This series is all about the must know places that people just don't know about. For locals and tourists, many of these locations will be familiar while others come as a surprise. Either way, we hope they make it onto your must see list. Directed By Anthony Trupia. Hosted by David Hofmann w/ Lauren Hofmann. THE BIG DUCK The Big Duck is a ferrocement building in the shape of a duck located in Flanders, New York, on Long Island. It was originally built in 1931 by duck farmer Martin Maurer in nearby Riverhead, and used as a shop to sell ducks and duck eggs. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. It is a principal building on the Big Duck Ranch, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. The entire area, including Flanders and Riverhead, was the center of Long Island's well-known duck-farming industry. By 1939 there were about 90 duck farms in Suffolk County. In 1988, Suffolk County acquired The Big Duck and moved it to Route 24 on the edge of Sears-Bellows Pond County Park between Flanders and Hampton Bays on the eastern part of Long Island. The building houses a gift shop operated by the Friends for Long Island Heritage. The duck was returned to its Flanders location on October 6, 2007. Suffolk County continues to own it, maintains its interior and pays for staffing. Check out the Everyday Geek page for more from Dave and Lauren @ Youtube.com/EverydayGeekTV. Special Thanks to Karla Durand for your Technical Contribution to the Attraction Island series. Do you have a location recommendation? Send a comment our way. Get involved, stay tuned and be sure to SUBSCRIBE for more original Docu-series and Independent Films from Everyday Pulse. See You Next Time.