Baby Opossum

Unlike what most people think, we think opossums are kind of cute. Especially when they're still little! The word opossum comes from algonquian wapathemwa meaning "white dog".

This one stole our hearts immediately. Its not common to see opossums out during the day, but we watched this one scrounge around our yard for several weeks. This is unfortunately a sad tale. We never did see the mother, but found the remains of a sibling one morning; the result, we're guessing, of a bird of prey attack. Sadly, this little one only survived for several weeks more. Mother nature can be hard to bear witness to sometimes.

Look Into My Eye

A while back I posted some photos of a blue dasher and complained that you couldn't see its eyes very well. That has changed as Amy managed to snap a pretty good one of this dasher. Dragonflies and damselflies are wonderful creatures can be seen around most neighborhoods, but especially around sources of water.

I don't know how territorial these insects are, but I had to laugh a little the other day when we got two males at the pond at the same time. They took turns shooing each other away. We really need to get some new horsetail plant as our last one didn't survive the winter. These beauties deserve a proper perch down close to the water. It doesn't hurt that it'll make them easier for us to spot as well.