The Rattlesnake Hill Wildlife Management Area is a 5,100 acre upland tract, situated approximately eight miles west of Dansville, New York. Roughly two-thirds of the area lies in southern Livingston County, while the remaining third lies in northern Allegany County. The tract was purchased in the 1930’s under the Federal Resettlement Administration and is one of several such areas turned over to DEC for development as a wildlife management area.
The area is appropriately named after the Timber Rattlesnake, which may be occasionally found in the more remote sections of the “Hill”.
The area offers an interesting blend of upland habitats such as mature woodland, overgrown fields, conifer plantations, old growth apple orchards and open meadows.
The area is inhabited by a variety of game species and is open to public hunting. The white-tailed deer, wild turkey, ruffed grouse, grey squirrel, cottontail rabbit and woodcock are found on the area. An occasional snowshoe hare may be observed adjacent to thick creek bottom brush or conifer plantation habitats.
A number of small marsh units have been developed and provide limited hunting for waterfowl. Some of the area’s furbearing species such as mink, beaver and raccoon may be occasionally viewed at these marsh units.
Nice morning today with lots of sun and not much of a breeze.
Sunny and 42 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌞 Calm wind.
I decided to work from home 🏡 today so I can sit outside and soak up the sun while working on my laptop. 🖥 I thought about heading out of town but it’s a been a busy week and rain – clouds is expected Saturday.
At this point the days are falling off the calendar almost faster than the leaves. Holloween and my favorite month of the year – November is just around the corner.
Partly sunny and 41 degrees at the Elm Ave Park and Ride. ☀ Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 5 am. ☃️
Chilly start to the morning it felt like in bed 🌅 though when I walked down to the earlier express bus 🚍 it didn’t seem so bad. Going to be warmer but breezy later today.
Well, I ended up getting call down to the dungeon after work 📞 and making phone calls and doing work so I did not get a chance to get to the store 🏬. But I did go for a walk and got in 15,000 steps for the day. 👣
Cold walking 🚶 on the Plaza before work this morning thought with the wind 🍃. I guess the warmth of summer couldn’t last forever. I do want to patch the air leaks by the door of my run down apartment though before turning on the heat.
Not a half bad morning. Caught the earlier express bus doing walks around the Plaza before work.
Mostly sunny but a bit chilly at 35 degrees at the Elm Ave Park and Ride. ☀ Calm wind.
Yesterday I got my steps in 👣 but declined to go to the store. 🛏 Retired to be pretty early as it was a fairly cool evening and I didn’t want to use electricity unnecessarily. Another dark morning, looking forward to the time change except for the dark walk home from the express bus.
Night before dawn is 6 hours and 43 minutes, Dawn starts at 6:43 am and runs for 27 minutes, Sunrise is at 7:10 am which is 4 hours and 49 minutes before noon, High noon, the transit of the sun, is at 12:40 pm, From twelve noon to the sunset at 6:10 pm is 6 hours and 10 minutes, Dusk lasts for 32 minutes concluding at 6:37 pm, Leaving 5 hours and 22 minutes until midnight.
Moving forward on this week. Yesterday was nutty but not insanely busy. Often that’s the best one can hope for. Another day, another dollar invested for a better tomorrow.
After a rainy night the sun is rising though the clouds and its going to be a nice day but cool. ☀ We are at 44 degrees in Delmar heading up to 57 later in the day with more sun. Sunset this evening is at 6:08 pm. Only a few more weeks until November 6 with the time change. But that will make it easier to walk before work especially at 6:45 am.
Yesterday I went to the laundromat and washed my clothes. 👖 I don’t mind, they have free Wi-Fi there that I can use from my truck. But when my parents are around I still often wash them there. Beats though the cost of owning and maintaining a washing machine. Rained on and off pretty hard at times. But then it stopped when I got home.
Didn’t get my steps 👣 in yesterday. I got working on a GIS project yesterday and missed the time to leave for the express bus. Only had time for a lunchtime walk and while I did walk home from the express only ended up with 5,405 for the day. It’s hard with the mornings so dark and busy long days at work. Took the earlier express bus in today 🚍 and are walking 🚶 the Plaza now so hopefully I’ll make my steps goal for today.
