Sometimes I think it's not so much we garden for wildlife, rather it's the wildlife that lets us garden in their turf in return for a share of the goodies.

Love those pics!

Boy you got that right! Great pictures. There are possums here in my yard also but I have never seen one in a tree. Mine just wander thru at night looking for food.

Zig, those are fantastic photos. I think that critter is playing
with you.

Cute! We have them here too but they are just usually passing thru looking for food and move on.

Thanks for the comments. We have a lot of different species of Possum here, we even have some that fly. Although, in reality they just glide or 'parachute' between trees. They're normally called Gliders rather than Possums even though they're part of the Possum group of animals. On the name Possum. The correct common name for the American one is Opossum, the correct name for the Australian ones is Possum. The one in my photo is the Northern Brushtail Possum, Trichosurus arnhemensis. The Australian ones are not at all related to the American one, apart from being a four legged marsupial. There's some information on this link:

www.bobinoz.com/blog/4013/possums-and-opossums-australia-and-america-all-explained/

This link shows photos of some of the range of different possums we have (about 70 species of Possum, with some also in New Guinea and Sulawesi).

www.ozanimals.com/wildlife/Mammal/Possums,Gliders.html

Zig, many thanks for the classification names, and related info. Learning something
new is a good thing.

Possums are really very cute (in my opinion), but if you are ever perceived to be a threat to their babies, watch out! Those things can fight with a strength far beyond their small size.

Yes, those are cute, but different than anything we have here. The possums around here are almost gone. Maybe the predators eat too many during the droughts.

Those are different from the ones we have here too. Did you have a lot of them at one time, Linda?

I used to see them a lot, but gradually less over years...last year I only saw one in the spring, then nothing since.

Zig... here's a picture of your Austrailian possums.. he broke into a bakery and this is how they found him/her ... she likes what you said about sharing with them.

Gordon, they are greedy. If you feed them they become very demanding and bite you if you don't give them anything. At my place I never feed them, especially not cake!