I met this opossum at an outdoor event in South Jersey last weekend. He’s a wildlife ambassador for a conservation group, helping to promote good will toward opossum-kind by posing for photos and looking cute. He is cute, right? He was full of personality, too.
Tag: Virginia Opossum
Virginia Opossum with Young
Yesterday morning I drove out to the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive. It’s one of my favorite places for birding, and I was hoping to photograph a Yellow-breasted Chat that had been located there the day before. I heard two calling and singing in different places, but neither was interested in coming into view so I […]
Part Ten ‘A Bestiary’ ~ Virginia Opossum
The Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) is a remarkable beast whose marsupial ancestors roamed amongst dinosaurs. If you would like to learn more about this shy creature and see more portraits please visit Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens. You can see all ten installments to my ‘Bestiary’ here. My Bestiary is a number of antidotal tales […]