This was recently forwarded to me. It’s a rattlesnake with its tail tagged and painted red by the DEC.
It was spotted near the dock for sites 3 & 4 on “Floating Battery” island, which is part of the Mother Bunch Group.
The DEC spotted it, and went to warn the campers. Unfortunately, the two campsites had tents, but the campers were not around to let them know the snake was visiting.
The DEC marks rattlesnakes they find for someone who does a study on them. This is a particularly big one. It’s probably at least 5 feet long and wide as a soda can in the middle! Makes you want to rent a house next summer!
If you’ve never heard a rattlesnake, it makes a sound almost exactly like a baby’s rattle. I heard one once but never saw it.
Now we’ve all seen a particularly big one!