I know it was just over a month ago that I shared photos of the local opossum, and we've seen him plenty of times since, but today the weather was nice enough that I went out and stalked him a bit. Well, "stalked" is a bit of a misnomer, since I probably could have walked right up to him without any issues... But I managed to get some much closer shots. Here's one...

Technical Data: Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM (borrowed) at 400mm, 1/500th sec at f/5.6. ISO 800. RAW processing in Adobe Camera Raw.

I still have plenty to process from the Niagara Falls trip, so stay tuned!

- Bill

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.

Thanks for stopping by!

- Bill