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Mike T

@mtninetysix.bsky.social

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Wildlife shorts, mostly from around the UK, but will share from wherever I go! (Including Ontario, May 2025) All videos and photos are my own (unless otherwise noted, of course 😊) Using a Panasonic HC-X1500 camcorder. 📹 Also at mt_ninetysix on IG and YT.

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Mike T @mtninetysix.bsky.social · 15d

Grackle on a bird table at Lynde Shores Conservation Area, Ontario. May 2025.

#birds #nature #wildlife #grackle #lyndeshores

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Mike T @mtninetysix.bsky.social · 29d

Some Dunlins pecking about on the shores of Lake Ontario at Presqu'ile Provincial Park, May 2025.

#birds #nature #wildlife #lakeontario #dunlin #presquileprovincialpark

Mike T @mtninetysix.bsky.social · Sep 14

An American Robin at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario.

May 2025.

#birds #nature #wildlife #robin #americanrobin #royalbotanicalgardens

Mike T @mtninetysix.bsky.social · Sep 14

I *finally* got around to selecting, editing & clipping all my footage from May's Ontario trip 😁

I still have 30 clips not yet posted, but the time consuming bit is done.

(Tree swallow pic from the last footage I took at Samuel Smith Park on the way to the airport).

#birds #wildlife #treeswallow

A tree sparrow on top of a bird box at Colonel Samuel Smith Park in Ontario, looking towards the camera.

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Mike T @mtninetysix.bsky.social · Sep 7

Slightly higher bitrate version uploaded to YT:

www.youtube.com/shorts/7U5FN...

Spoonbills splashing around at @RSPBvideo St Aidan's Nature Reserve, Leeds. #birds #spoonbill

YouTube video by Mike T

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Mike T @mtninetysix.bsky.social · Sep 7

Several Spoonbills splashing about at @rspb.bsky.social St Aidan's Nature Reserve, in Leeds, UK.

August 2025.

#birds #nature #rspb #birding #wildlife #spoonbill #wildlifevideos

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Mike T @mtninetysix.bsky.social · Sep 7

Slowly getting through my footage from Ontario all the way back from May this year; about 2 thirds of the way through. Will share some footage from St Aidan's RSPB reserve in the UK from last month shortly though.

SPOONBILLS!

Mike T @mtninetysix.bsky.social · Aug 25

A sandpiper at Presqu'ile Provincial Park, running along the side of Lake Ontario and having a bit of a scratch.

#birds #wildlife #birding #nature #sandpiper #presquileprovincialpark #naturevideos

Mike T @mtninetysix.bsky.social · Aug 23

A belted kingfisher diving into the water at Lynde Shores Conservation Area, Ontario.

#birds #wildlife #nature #naturevideo #kingfisher #birding #lyndeshores

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Mike T @mtninetysix.bsky.social · Aug 17

A snail crawling along the gravel, at Lynde Shores Conservation Area, Whitby, Ontario. May 2025

#snail #gastropod #mollusc #nature #wildlife #lyndeshores

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Mike T @mtninetysix.bsky.social · Aug 9

A hairy woodpecker, pecking away at some wood, and finding some delicious treats!

Presqu'ile Provincial Park, Ontario, May 2025.

#birds #birding #woodpecker #wildlife #nature #presquile

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Mike T @mtninetysix.bsky.social · Aug 2

Cormorants at Wolfe Island, Thousand Islands, Ontario. May 2025.

#birds #birding #cormorant #wildlife #nature #wolfeisland #thousandislands

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Mike T @mtninetysix.bsky.social · Jul 27

A raccoon asleep waaaaay high up in a tree in Presqu'ile Provincial Park, Ontario. We nearly didn't notice it at first!

#raccoon #nature #wildlife #presquile #animals

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Mike T @mtninetysix.bsky.social · Jul 23

An American Robin in a tree, at Bon Echo Provincial Park, Ontario.

May 2025.

#birds #nature #wildlife #bonecho #robin #americanrobin #birding

Mike T @mtninetysix.bsky.social · Jul 22

Sandpipers at Presqu'ile Provincial Park, being splashed by Lake Ontario.

#birds #nature #presquileprovincialpark #wildlife #sandpiper #lakeontario

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Mike T @mtninetysix.bsky.social · Jul 20

American Goldfinches flitting about in a tree at Wolfe Island, Ontario, May 2025. Just a short trip for a couple of hours; the ferry wasn't going to the main port & the shuttle bus wasn't on. But that was a good thing because we saw loads of birds! #birds #nature #goldfinch #wolfeisland #wildlife

Mike T @mtninetysix.bsky.social · Jul 19

It looks guilty because it was guilty of all of the crimes.

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Mike T @mtninetysix.bsky.social · Jul 19

Blue Jay in a tree, near Tea Lake campground in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario.

#birds #bluejay #birding #nature #wildlife #algonquin #ontario

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Mike T @mtninetysix.bsky.social · Jul 13

A Red-winged Blackbird stumbling around at Bon Echo Provincial Park, Ontario.

#birds #wildlife #birding #nature #naturevideos #blackbird #bonecho

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Mike T @mtninetysix.bsky.social · Jul 13

OK, at first glance I thought that was a fish.

I'd better have some breakfast.

Mike T @mtninetysix.bsky.social · Jul 13

That is an absolutely phenomenal photo of Fairburn Ings; I'm definitely overdue a re-visit!

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Mike T @mtninetysix.bsky.social · Jul 12

A Grackle in a tree at Terra Cotta Conservation Area, Ontario. May 2025.

#birds #birding #grackle #nature #wildlife #terracottaconservationarea

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Mike T @mtninetysix.bsky.social · Jul 7

A butterfly at Brockholes Nature Reserve, Preston, Lancashire in April 2025.

I'm still not even halfway through my Ontario footage yet but thought I'd break it up with something from the UK 😁

#butterfly #nature #wildlife #brockholes

Mike T @mtninetysix.bsky.social · Jul 7

A chipmunk nibbling on a nut at the Royal Botanical Gardens @rbgcanada , Burlington, Ontario.

#chipmunk #nature #burlington #burlingtonontario #wildlife

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Mike T @mtninetysix.bsky.social · Jul 6

An American Goldfinch hopping about in a tree at Bon Echo Provincial Park, Ontario. May 2025.

#birds #goldfinch #birding #bonecho #bonechoprovincialpark #wildlife #nature

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