The walking trail of the Virginia Opossum along the Sacramento River in Calusa State Park. The opossum is a curious creature. One can see them waddling through the fields and woods at night somewhat awkwardly, in search of delicacies. They have a human-like track with five toes and an opposable thumb on the rear foot. This can be seen in the photo above.
That’s a trail of the common Killdeer in the upper left. A gorgeously marked shorebird found along rivers, streams and lakes ,that boasts a stark black and white neckband.
Once i was sitting, leaning up against a hemlock tree in upstate New York enjoying the night when i heard a shuffling though the leaves behind me. I turned around to see a pale ghostly mammal making its way towards me, unaware of my presence. It was a possum out for its nightly forray.
Possums are our countries marsupial, meaning they have a pouch that the young spend time in just like kangaroos. Pretty cool.
A flurry of beaver trails dragging branches and vegetation in and out of the water.