Saturday, January 1, 2011

Evening Prowlers

Riley sniffed this little guy out the other night while going out to go potty. The opossum was nearly hyperventilating in terror. We took a banana out for him. He quickly confiscated it and went on his way :) Why does opossum start with o anyway if it's just going to be silent? ha (things that make you go hmmm)

We also spotted this beautiful creature; the great horned owl of Florida. He swooped overhead and landed on a nearby lamp post to wait for his prey. This guy definitely rules the roost without many predators to worry about. Taken at night, it was difficult to capture the magnificence and strength that we saw standing below him. His talons were huge.