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He "didn't take school very seriously" and recalled playing truant one day with his friend - the headmaster's son - "to go bird-nesting".

"Right now, Kristin and Jay are 'bird-nesting' in terms of custody, where the kids stay put in one home and the parents rotate in and out," an insider revealed.

When he built his home, he placed a six-acre grassy meadow in front of it, which he mows once a year after bird-nesting season.

Hallac says the state and the park are discussing joint management of the land on issues such as dog leash laws and bird-nesting policies.

They range, she said, from bird-nesting areas of less than an acre to expanses of more than 40 acres, where coyotes, eagles, otters and other land creatures gambol beneath bald eagles and red-tailed hawks.