North American Opossum

Description:

Two young Opossums broke into our outside Aviary through the netting. This one tried to hide behind a single branch. It then stuck its tongue out and sat up a little. When it got tired of me taking photographs, it turned and squeezed through the tiny hold it made as seen in the last image.

Habitat:

Backyard aviary. "The Virginia opossum was not originally native to the Western United States. It was intentionally introduced into the West during the Great Depression, probably as a source of food, and now occupies much of the Pacific coast. Its range has been expanding steadily northward into Canada."