Things continue to be productive out in the woods behind our house. In the last few weeks, the bear sightings have been supplemented by raccoons, skunks and opossums. The Virginia opossum, also known as the North American opossum is the only marsupial found north of Mexico. When we first moved here last September, we would see lots of these guys around the house but this year they’ve been elusive. Until now. This one appears to be pretty young. They are solitary animals that leave their mothers at the age of four to five months old. Typically at that age they are between seven and nine inches long (excluding the tail). I must say, for an animal that a lot of people question the aesthetics of, this guy is pretty cute. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 17-35mm lens (at 17mm) ISO 400, f/14 at 1/80th of an inch, Cognisys camera box, trail monitor and flashes.
Sorry I’m late with this! My whole town lost power this morning. So I went driving around looking for places where I might be able to use the wi-fi to check out the photo of the day. Then my car broke down and I started walking. Anyway, long story short now I’m at a gas station that has wi-fi and I’m looking at this possum and it’s really just gross.
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Things continue to be productive out in the woods behind our house. In the last few weeks, the bear sightings have been supplemented by raccoons, skunks and opossums. The Virginia opossum, also known as the North American opossum is the only marsupial found north of Mexico. When we first moved here last September, we would see lots of these guys around the house but this year they’ve been elusive. Until now. This one appears to be pretty young. They are solitary animals that leave their mothers at the age of four to five months old. Typically at that age they are between seven and nine inches long (excluding the tail). I must say, for an animal that a lot of people question the aesthetics of, this guy is pretty cute. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 17-35mm lens (at 17mm) ISO 400, f/14 at 1/80th of an inch, Cognisys camera box, trail monitor and flashes.
Sorry I’m late with this! My whole town lost power this morning. So I went driving around looking for places where I might be able to use the wi-fi to check out the photo of the day. Then my car broke down and I started walking. Anyway, long story short now I’m at a gas station that has wi-fi and I’m looking at this possum and it’s really just gross.
The possum is gross. Not the the gas station. Though this Sunoco is what it is.
I can attest, they are not cute when they hiss at you!