Turtles in Love

When Mike got home tonight, he spotted something unusual in the lake. At first he thought it was the muskrat, but then it appeared to be an otter. As he got closer, and watched for a while, he was surprised to see that it was two turtles. Photos don't really do this justice, so there are two videos. The turtles did swim off, unharmed.

Click on the links below for the videos. They are fairly large, but worth the wait if you are a turtle lover.
Turtles (quicktime)
More Turtles

Downy Woodpecker Video

This woodpecker let me use the flash and didn't fly away. The pictures are high quality so you can click on them to see every feather. We probably have posted enough downy woodpecker pictures, so we've moved on to videos. See Downy Woodpecker Video (Quicktime)

Northern Flicker Dance

Here is a video of the Northern Flicker courtship dance. Mike posted it two ways. A high quality video uses an active-x control next and the regular Blogger video with a flash player below. The blogger should work on more computers, but the quality isn't as good. If all else fails, the URL of the higher quality video is http://images.new-jersey-birds.com/Flickers.avi

Northern Flickers Dance (Higher Quality)