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Birdman Roy Ivor tames a great horned owl, Famed naturalist Roy Ivor, who will soon celebrate his 92nd birthday and who for years has operated bird sa(...)
Birdman Roy Ivor tames a great horned owl, Famed naturalist Roy Ivor, who will soon celebrate his 92nd birthday and who for years has operated bird sa(...)

Birdman Roy Ivor tames a great horned owl, Famed naturalist Roy Ivor, who will soon celebrate his 92nd birthday and who for years has operated bird sa(...)

Date9/28/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Birdman Roy Ivor tames a great horned owl, Famed naturalist Roy Ivor, who will soon celebrate his 92nd birthday and who for years has operated bird sanctuary located on Mississauaga Road, cautiously approaches a 5-month-old great horned owl that brought to his sancturay as a fledgling.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0056905F
Country:Canada
Province or state:Ontario
Naturalist Roy Ivor, 93, who has operated a bird Sanctuary in Mississauga for years, will receive the Order of Canada next year
Naturalist Roy Ivor, 93, who has operated a bird Sanctuary in Mississauga for years, will receive the Order of Canada next year
8/29/1973
Birdman gets a medal, The Order of Canada was presented today to Roy Ivor, the 95-year-old internationally known naturalist from Mississauga, by lieutenant-Governor Pauline McGibbon
Birdman gets a medal, The Order of Canada was presented today to Roy Ivor, the 95-year-old internationally known naturalist from Mississauga, by lieutenant-Governor Pauline McGibbon
1/14/1975
Tasty Morsel for an owl, Betty Herson is one of several people who regularly visit Mississauga naturalist Roy Ivor at his sanctuary in Erindale
Tasty Morsel for an owl, Betty Herson is one of several people who regularly visit Mississauga naturalist Roy Ivor at his sanctuary in Erindale
10/26/1972
Ninety-five today, internationally known naturalist Roy Ivor of Streetsville has cared for birds for 50 years in his sanctuary but now he says he's ne(...)
Ninety-five today, internationally known naturalist Roy Ivor of Streetsville has cared for birds for 50 years in his sanctuary but now he says he's ne(...)
1/2/1975
Roy Ivor, the 93-year-old naturalist who founded the Windinglane Bird Sanctuary in Mississauga looks at one of his many red-tailed hawks, one of about(...)
Roy Ivor, the 93-year-old naturalist who founded the Windinglane Bird Sanctuary in Mississauga looks at one of his many red-tailed hawks, one of about(...)
11/5/1973
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
Golden Eagle thanks its benefactor, Raja, a golden eagle, leans over 92-year-old Roy Ivor, the naturalist with a bird sancturary on Mississauga Rd. where the eagle lives
Golden Eagle thanks its benefactor, Raja, a golden eagle, leans over 92-year-old Roy Ivor, the naturalist with a bird sancturary on Mississauga Rd. where the eagle lives
10/25/1972
A chat with two pretty girls, sisters Jackie (left) and Corlaie Allan was just one highlight for naturalist Roy Ivor, 92, at a fund-raising Concert in(...)
A chat with two pretty girls, sisters Jackie (left) and Corlaie Allan was just one highlight for naturalist Roy Ivor, 92, at a fund-raising Concert in(...)
5/2/1971
One of the Patrons of Erindale's Winding Trail Bird Sanctuary, a Northern Hawk, perches on wrist of 91-year-old naturalist Ray Ivor as he sits outside(...)
One of the Patrons of Erindale's Winding Trail Bird Sanctuary, a Northern Hawk, perches on wrist of 91-year-old naturalist Ray Ivor as he sits outside(...)
7/6/1971
Honored, The late Roy Ivor received Order of Canada in 1975
Honored, The late Roy Ivor received Order of Canada in 1975
1/2/1975
Ivor, Roy
Ivor, Roy
1/14/1975
Ivor, Roy
Ivor, Roy
1/14/1975