Rattlesnakes have begun to disperse from their den sites in western VT and the Adirondack foothills, three weeks later than last year. I had 96 yesterday at the site I monitor, mostly tucked in talus, but some on the move. No shedding groups yet. Soon, perhaps by month's end. Great-crested flycatchers are already hanging around the shedding sites waiting for strips of skin to line their nests. Waterfalls are full, brooks swollen, and lake levels very high, which funnels snakes along very predictable paths.

Ted
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