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How To Find Owls | Every Species | Complete Guide YouTube video by BritHikesOntario

ALL the OWLS of Ontario 🦉
What they are.
Where to find them.

#birds #birding #owl #owls #nature #wildlife

youtu.be/MCVjGNscmPQ

A YouTube Thumbnail image featuring three owl headshots across the bottom (Great Horned, Snowy, Barred), the two presenters in each corner and spooky text reading "OWLS" in the upper 2/3rds.

Coming THURSDAY 15th to the BritHikesOntario YouTube Channel.
A video all about OWLS.
Every species in Ontario (and The Great Lakes Region).
What they are. Where they're hiding.

Plus some classic bants.

Can We Find 50 Birds? Jan 1st Birding Big Day | Plus NEW Challenge Announcement YouTube video by BritHikesOntario

Can we find 50 different bird species on New Year's Day?

#birds #birdphotography #birding #nature #wildlife

youtu.be/GrczaIdWyII

A very cold but productive Birding Big Day yesterday! Video coming soon.

#bird #birds #birding

Logo for The 350 Bird Challenge. Features the text "350 Bird Challenge". The large 350 is made up of a mask/collage of different birds tiled together.

We're looking for contributions to a Q&A that we're putting together. If anyone has any questions about our Big Year and The 350 Bird Challenge, please leave me a reply, DM or submit it here:

brithikesontario.com/350-bird-cha...

TIA!

#birding #birds #wildlife

The END of The 350 Bird Challenge | Algonquin Park in a SNOWSTORM YouTube video by BritHikesOntario

The final episode of The 350 Bird Challenge, and there's a bit of a Christmas vibe.

youtu.be/4OgtMzcG4rw

#birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #wildlife

Niagara Birding and a Towsend's Warbler near Toronto YouTube video by BritHikesOntario

This is the third video in a row where we find a really rare bird!

#birding #birds #Birdphotography #wildlife #nature

A Rare Siberian Bird… in Delaware? Our Rarest Find of the Year! YouTube video by BritHikesOntario

A super rare bird popped up in Delaware, USA recently

youtu.be/tg0FZ5nHi9w

#birds #birdphotography #rarebird #BirdsSeenIn2025

Mega Rare Razorbill in Toronto! + We Find TWO Owls YouTube video by BritHikesOntario

A very rare Razorbill seen in Toronto, ON recently

youtu.be/tovVt1yvhfE

#birds #rarebird #birding #birdphotography

Following the loss of Sara's mother last week, we haven't been posting here or on YouTube.

We plan to be back starting next week with a new video on Thurs Nov 27th.

We would like to thank everyone for the messages of support we have received. We may not be able to reply, but we have read them all.

Razorbill bird swimming in lake

Mega Rare
Razorbill turned up in Toronto this morning 😲

#birds #birdphotography #rarebird #BirdsSeenIn2025

Thanks 😊

Incredible Quebec Birding Road Trip | The Moment We’ll Never Forget YouTube video by BritHikesOntario

An EPIC Birding Road Trip through Quebec

youtu.be/tk52yKHlw3o

#birds #birding #birdwatching #nature #birdphotography #BirdsSeenIn2025 #quebec

A Least Sandpiper perched on grey rocks, in profile, facing left.

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

Trailer for the forthcoming Quebec Birding Video YouTube video by BritHikesOntario

Trailer for Our Quebec Video.
Full video coming Thursday.

youtu.be/rIotANY82FQ

#Birding #Birds #Quebec

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

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 black bear poking its head up from behind some brush

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

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

I'm just not ready for winter yet 🥶😂

Brilliant Bitterns - Secrets of The Marsh | PLUS Nighthawks Near Toronto YouTube video by BritHikesOntario

Brilliant Bitterns!

New #birding video out now:

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

#birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #nature #wildlife #ontario

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.

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

Go Canada! 😁

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

🌿 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

Trailer for the forthcoming Quebec Birding Video YouTube video by BritHikesOntario

COMING IN OCTOBER

youtu.be/rIotANY82FQ

#birds #birding #birdphotography #quebec

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.

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

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

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

Least Sandpiper... a small rufus backed shorebird with white underparts, yellow legs, black bill... perched in profile on a pebble beach.

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

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.

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.

21 New Birds This Summer… Including a Rare Warbler! YouTube video by BritHikesOntario

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

#birdphotography #BirdsSeenIn2025

An Eastern Bluebird in profile, looking to the right. The bird is perched on an iron length of wire fencing with an out-of-focus treeline in the far distance.

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

Coming in next weeks video.

#birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025 #birdphotography #ontariobirds

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

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