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Stu - BritHikesOntario

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🎥 JOIN me in the WILD on YouTube youtube.com/BritHikesOntario ⚡️Currently documenting The 350 Bird Challenge ⚡️ 🇬🇧 UK raised, Exploring Ontario 🇨🇦 Birds, Wildlife, Nature Showcasing Ontario and beyond!

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Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · Jun 22

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📍 Based in Toronto, Canada - Originally from The UK
🎬 YouTuber with my wife, Sara
🎥 Filming our bird & wildlife adventures in Ontario and beyond
🦉 Currently chasing 350 Bird species in 2025
Let’s connect over #birds, #nature & #wildlife!
#Birding #OntarioBirding #Birdwatching

Stu and Sara from BritHikesOntario stood beside The Salt River just outside Phoenix, AZ.

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Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · 3h

For the world's smallest shorebird, The Least Sandpiper is aptly named. It weighs in at around the same as an AA battery - just over 20 grams.

This bird and plenty more in our Quebec Birding video, out tomorrow (Thurs) at 1pm Eastern.

#birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #wildlife

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Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · 1d

Trailer for Our Quebec Video.
Full video coming Thursday.

youtu.be/rIotANY82FQ

#Birding #Birds #Quebec

Trailer for the forthcoming Quebec Birding Video

YouTube video by BritHikesOntario

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Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · 5d

Rare bird sighted by me and my birding buddy Jason Lush on Tuesday. Caused some excitement in Durham Region, Ontario.

White-eyed Vireo at Ajax Rotary Park.

#birds #bird #birding #birdphotography #BirdsSeenIn2025 #ontario #canada #rarebird

a White-eyed Vireo perched centrally on a diagonal branch, facing to the right

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Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · 11d

Black Bear spotted just outside Tadoussac, QC. Will be part of our mega Quebec Birding Road Trip video. Coming to you...maybe on Oct 16th?

#Wildlife #bear #mammal #nature #mammals #wildlifephotography

A black bear poking its head up from behind some brush

Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · 12d

@aba.org Absolutely anything that ISN'T an American Tree Sparrow here in Toronto, ON

I'm just not ready for winter yet 🥶😂

American Birding Association @aba.org · 12d

What birds are you hoping to find in October?

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Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · 12d

Brilliant Bitterns!

New #birding video out now:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EZ8...

#birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #nature #wildlife #ontario

Brilliant Bitterns - Secrets of The Marsh | PLUS Nighthawks Near Toronto

YouTube video by BritHikesOntario

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Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · 15d

Beautiful views over McLaughlin Bay yesterday morning when we were out birding - looking for some shore birds and any warblers that haven't abandoned us yet!

#birding #nature #landscape #ontario #canada

A distant line of autumnal trees, lit in golden dawn sunshine. In the foreground, a shallow lake reflecting clouds. A wide angled shot, exaggerating the effect of the streaks of altocumulus and altostratus clouds in verticle lines, running away from the viewer.

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Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · 16d

Go Canada! 😁

Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · 20d

🌿 New on BritHikesOntario: our Ontario Nature Calendar!

See what’s happening in Ontario’s wild spaces every week of the year - From bird migrations to flower blooms & more. Perfect inspiration for your next day outdoors:

brithikesontario.com/calendar/

#nature #birds #ontarionature #ontario

a computer monitor and a tablet, side-by-side, both showing the nature calendar webpage on their screens.

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Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · 21d

COMING IN OCTOBER

youtu.be/rIotANY82FQ

#birds #birding #birdphotography #quebec

Trailer for the forthcoming Quebec Birding Video

YouTube video by BritHikesOntario

youtu.be

Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · 27d

The "mighty" Brown Creeper weighs about as much as a handful of paperclips 📎
...but try watching a paperclip climb a tree! 🌳
Look closely at that rear claw - nature's grappling hook 🪝

RF Marguerite-D'Youville, QC

#birds #birding #nature #quebec #BirdsSeenIn2025

Brown creeper bird clinging to the textured bark of a tree trunk, pointing upwards. Shallow DOF with blurred tree to the left, light bokeh to the right through a green brushy background.

Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · Sep 13

INCOMING!
Northern Gannet coming in for landing at the largest colony in North America, Bonaventure Island.
Currently touring Quebec on a birding mission 🐦🎯

#birds #birding #Quebec #nature

Northern Gannet shot from below, wings and primaries spread as it parachutes in for landing.

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Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · Sep 10

Our birding trip through Quebec has begun. Hoping to pick up a lot of birds sighting to give our 350 Bird Challenge a kick... Here's a Least Sandpiper. Cute, but not a new bird for us!

#birds #birding #birdphotography

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Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · Sep 4

We're heading to Quebec next week, hoping to add a few new #birds to our 350 Bird Challenge - and perhaps a few lifers. Content from Quebec coming soon!

While we are away, we can't edit videos. No new videos for a while. Please be patient Approx date for next video: Sept 25th.

Stu and Sara in front of a forest background. The flag of Quebec is overlaid to the right, fading into the rest of the image.

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Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · Aug 16

Summer #Birding
We find 21 new #birds towards our 350 Bird Challenge...
...and see a RARE Lawrence's Warbler!

#birdphotography #BirdsSeenIn2025

21 New Birds This Summer… Including a Rare Warbler!

YouTube video by BritHikesOntario

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Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · Aug 6

Handsome Eastern Bluebird perched on a wire taken at Carden Alvar, ON.

Coming in next weeks video.

#birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025 #birdphotography #ontariobirds

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Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · Aug 5

Ontario birders! Wasaga Beach - our top Piping Plover site - is at risk. The province plans to transfer park land without habitat protections. Speak up by Aug 11:
🔗 www.birdscanada.org/wasaga-beach...
#Birds #OntarioBirding

Wasaga Beach is the best Piping Plover habitat remaining in Ontario – and its future is at risk

One of the most important nesting sites for the endangered Piping Plover in Ontario is Wasaga Beach, on the shores of Georgian Bay. Let the Ontario government know that you

www.birdscanada.org

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Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · Aug 4

AYE
Maybe because they flush prey and then have to change technique to catching it while it moves quickly, haphazardly, and in close quarters. Moving sight quickly would help, compared to the "binocular" vision most other birds have - which mostly use ambush techniques.

This is just my theory.

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Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · Aug 1

I'll take the BoHos please!
#nemesis

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Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · Aug 1

Had a go at photographing the night sky over the lake outside the cottage we are renting last night.
No remote and a cheap tripod and lens, but not too bad.
Think that's part of The Milky Way?

#nightsky #Ontario #Canada #nature #astrophotography #newbie

Night sky over a lake, a dock is visible in the foreground

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Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · Aug 1

Thank you!

Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · Aug 1

We're taking a few days to relax in Ontario's cottage country. Next video might be a little delayed, but we need a little rest after a frantic few months of birding (and filming and constant editing). Plus, it's a trip away for Sara's birthday.

#Ontario #Canada #lake #nature #relax

Wooden dock stretching out into a lake at sunset

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Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · Jul 26

About 6-inches in wingspan

Cecropia is largest in Canada at up to 7-inches

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Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · Jul 26

Pretty pleased to see these two massive silk moths. My first time seeing this species.
Polyphemus Moths, mating. Named for the large purple eye spots on the hind wings.
Point Pelee NP
July 26th

#moth #moths #nature #naturephotography

A smaller male Polyphemus Moth on top of a larger, darker female.

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Stu - BritHikesOntario @stu.brithikesontario.com · Jul 26

1) Unlock domain (might be in control panel or ask Wix)
2) Obtain authorisation code/EPP code
3) Find new hosting company/Registrar
4) Sign up, buy hosting, don't buy a domain - transfer exisiting domain using previous code
5) Profit

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