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Birds' friend
Birds' friend

Birds' friend

Date1/14/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Birds' friend: Not even icy winds can deter Bernice Kwong of Mississauga from feeding ducks and seagulls at Port Credit harbor. Kwong was one of few strollers to venture near the water.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0107702F
What's up? A newly hatched cockatiel takes a look at the world as he stands on the hand of John Bennett, the birdman of Durham. The Uxbridge resident imports and breeds exotic birds and has a stock of 400 feathered friends ranging from finches to toucans.
What's up? A newly hatched cockatiel takes a look at the world as he stands on the hand of John Bennett, the birdman of Durham. The Uxbridge resident imports and breeds exotic birds and has a stock of 400 feathered friends ranging from finches to toucans.
6/15/1982
A fine-feathered friend: Barred rock rooster -- an old English game cock -- is one of award-winning birds on Gerald Donnelly's Caledon farm.
A fine-feathered friend: Barred rock rooster -- an old English game cock -- is one of award-winning birds on Gerald Donnelly's Caledon farm.
4/15/1981
Roy Ivor and friend, The naturalist who began caring for birds when he was 10, is shown in a picture taken in December, 1970
Roy Ivor and friend, The naturalist who began caring for birds when he was 10, is shown in a picture taken in December, 1970
10/21/1970
Uncle Frank Dawson tends to one of his injured wildfowl at his 3 3/4-acre conservation area on Elmcrest Rd. The 83-year-old bachelor has been patching up injured birds for as long as anyone can remember. With a small creek running through the back, his property has become a haven for hundreds of waterfowl. He has lived in the same house for over 50 years and has raised a varietyof birds. But Dawson can't recall when people started to bring birds to him, he said.
Uncle Frank Dawson tends to one of his injured wildfowl at his 3 3/4-acre conservation area on Elmcrest Rd. The 83-year-old bachelor has been patching up injured birds for as long as anyone can remember. With a small creek running through the back, his property has become a haven for hundreds of waterfowl. He has lived in the same house for over 50 years and has raised a varietyof birds. But Dawson can't recall when people started to bring birds to him, he said.
9/1/1978
Birds of gay plumage : birds of paradise, sun-birds
Birds of gay plumage : birds of paradise, sun-birds
1885
Catalogue of bird's skins, bird's eggs, etc
Catalogue of bird's skins, bird's eggs, etc
1883
For the birds: Avid birdwatcher Bill Smith, 63, loves nothing more than to get away from people and close to the birds
For the birds: Avid birdwatcher Bill Smith, 63, loves nothing more than to get away from people and close to the birds
4/27/1982
Condo life: Blue Birds Castle, by architect Janis Kravis, with its tiny logs and copper roofs, is delighting children at the Royal Ontario Museum's Art for the Birds show
Condo life: Blue Birds Castle, by architect Janis Kravis, with its tiny logs and copper roofs, is delighting children at the Royal Ontario Museum's Art for the Birds show
10/6/1987
Bird's eye view. A male kestrel uses 6-year-old Jason Yu's head as a perch during a birds of prey demonstration at the Metro zoo. The Scarborough boy'(...)
Bird's eye view. A male kestrel uses 6-year-old Jason Yu's head as a perch during a birds of prey demonstration at the Metro zoo. The Scarborough boy'(...)
8/25/1987
Birds - Bird houses, bird feeders, bird baths
Birds - Bird houses, bird feeders, bird baths
11/4/1998
Birds - Bird houses, bird feeders, bird baths
Birds - Bird houses, bird feeders, bird baths
6/2/1994
Birds - Bird houses, bird feeders, bird baths
Birds - Bird houses, bird feeders, bird baths
6/2/1994