After a little while the hens didn't seem to mind their new Possum neighbor. It lived in our neighbor's backyard somewhere, and used their giant tree to climb up onto our fence. It would balance and shimmy it's way over to our front yard where we guessed it was dining on our apples from our apple trees. I was more worried about the Possum tangling with our dog. Our dog did not want this critter anywhere in our yard, but no problems occurred. The Possum minded it's business - leaving my hens alone. And yes, this Possum was out in the middle of the day when I snapped one of the photos. I'm guessing something scared it out of its daytime refuge - seemed healthy and happy scurrying across our fence top. We would see it a lot at night, going from our neighbor's yard to our front yard. But now that the season has changed I have not seen any critters outside besides birds, squirrels, and chipmunks. This scavenger must have moved on.
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| Our first sighting when it was tiny. |
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| A daytime sighting, after it had grown, a couple months later. |
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