We've seen this little fella (or gal, not sure which to be honest) wandering around the yard during the day recently. I figure it is just too cold for it at night when it normally would be out and active. I did some quick research and it said that opossums are highly resistant to rabies, so I think it is unlikely that would be why it is out during the day.

Either way, it stopped by the bird feeders today to get a bite to eat of any seeds the birds may have dropped in the snow, so I took the opportunity to get some photos. Honestly, though, he better be careful or one of the resident hawks or even a passing bald eagle (yeah - we saw one of them the other day) is going to decide to make a meal of him instead!

Technical Data: Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM (borrowed) at 400mm, various shutter speeds at f/6.3. ISO 320. RAW processing in Adobe Camera Raw.

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- Bill