January at Greenwood

January is always a quiet month at Greenwood and this year was no exception -- except for some very special guests.  Opie the opossum was an over-winter resident since he was too young to fend for himself during the cool winter months.  In the above photo (above left)  he doing his best "I'm fierce" impersonation while the handler moved him in order to tidy his home.  Opossums are voracious eaters and need a wide variety of foods in order to have proper nutrition. Below is a picture of his "diet."    Another special visitor was this cute mink (above right).  He found himself at the bottom of a window well, and the home's owner mistakenly thought he was a pet ferret.  He got a quick tour of the Boulder Humane Society and of the Greenwood Center and then was returned to his wild home. 
Below are some of the other residents of Greenwood during the cold and dark month of January -- a beautiful Northern Shoveler duck, a Hairy Woodpecker and a Western Grebe. (Click on any image to enlarge or to see a slide show).