Mike T

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

#birds #nature #wildlife #grackle #lyndeshores

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

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

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

May 2025.

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

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

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

YouTube video by Mike T Spoonbills splashing around at @RSPBvideo St Aidan's Nature Reserve, Leeds. #birds #spoonbill

Slightly higher bitrate version uploaded to YT:

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May 2025.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I'd better have some breakfast.

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

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

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

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

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

#chipmunk #nature #burlington #burlingtonontario #wildlife

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

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

I guess you could *technically* call it a wildlife video because there are two cormorants looking on 😁

Something different to the usual wildlife clips... We were in Ontario, on the boat from Kingston to Wolfe Island, and on the way, saw some sort of training exercise with someone fast-roping out of a helicopter.

#helicopter #wolfeisland #ontario #aflyingthingbutnotabird

Continued: "Enhancing video performance is on our radar, and we’ve shared this request with the product team as part of our ongoing efforts to improve media quality across the platform. While we can't provide a specific timeline just yet, it’s definitely a priority for future updates."

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For other video uploaders; I recently emailed Bluesky support to ask them if there were any plans to improve video quality.

Reply: "We hear you on video quality, and you're not alone in wanting improvements like higher bitrates and 60fps support."

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YouTube video by Mike T A Spotted Sandpiper, spotted on Amikeus Lake, on the Beaver Pond Trail, Algonquin, Ontario. #birds

Hmmm... the bitrate and quality looks particularly low on that one.

Here's a link elsewhere which doesn't look as blurry:

www.youtube.com/shorts/h6Qya...