When walking through the Australian bush near Sydney, you see many nests in the trees overhead. They’re not all made by birds. Ringtail possums build and live in nests too. A possum nest is called a drey.

Today I spotted this rather untidy-looking nest in a tree above a path:

When I got closer and zoomed in with my camera, I saw this cute character peering out of the nest:

I continued on my walk. About half an hour later, on my way back, I noticed that the possum was still peering out of the nest but had changed to a more comfortable position:

Possums are sociable creatures, often sharing their nests with other members of the family. If you zoom in on the above picture (open it in a different tab of your browser then zoom in) I think you can see the curled up back of another possum inside the nest.

Here’s another view of the nest, with the possum sticking out of the top left of the nest:

What a cute face!