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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.

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.

Date6/15/1982
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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_0125375F
Don't get in a flap: Prince, a 6-month-old sheltie, sports a gfeathered crown at the Corbett home in Ajax where Alf and Alberta breed cockatiels, budgies and Java finches
Don't get in a flap: Prince, a 6-month-old sheltie, sports a gfeathered crown at the Corbett home in Ajax where Alf and Alberta breed cockatiels, budgies and Java finches
10/8/1986
Scarborough birdman: Barry Bryan's aviary of 80 finches is focal point of home for family and friends.
Scarborough birdman: Barry Bryan's aviary of 80 finches is focal point of home for family and friends.
9/27/1980
Charanjeev Singh (18) breeds tropical birds.
Charanjeev Singh (18) breeds tropical birds.
10/28/1997
Canadian birds are old hat to these Cree Indian children from the mohawk Institute, a residential school in Brantford, who met some imports ar Riverda(...)
Canadian birds are old hat to these Cree Indian children from the mohawk Institute, a residential school in Brantford, who met some imports ar Riverda(...)
5/27/1966
Feathered frineds: Ross Saunders, the Birdman and Pickering, givest two of his friends a little attention
Feathered frineds: Ross Saunders, the Birdman and Pickering, givest two of his friends a little attention
1/18/1984
Caged fancy: His 80 finches are an absorbing hobby for sales and marketing director Barry Bryan of Scarborough - so much so that his basement is full of them.
Caged fancy: His 80 finches are an absorbing hobby for sales and marketing director Barry Bryan of Scarborough - so much so that his basement is full of them.
9/28/1980
Some fine feathered friends. Anyone can get a bird to eat out of his hand - but aviculturalist John Bennett has his plucking seeds from his mouth. The(...)
Some fine feathered friends. Anyone can get a bird to eat out of his hand - but aviculturalist John Bennett has his plucking seeds from his mouth. The(...)
9/28/1987
Where's my dinner? One of the four red-winged tinameos hatched Sunday at the Royal Ontario Museum isn't shy about making his wants known. The rare birds are an endangered South American species
Where's my dinner? One of the four red-winged tinameos hatched Sunday at the Royal Ontario Museum isn't shy about making his wants known. The rare birds are an endangered South American species
12/18/1981
German Shepherds, like many other breeds of dogs, are paying high price for popularity, experts warn
German Shepherds, like many other breeds of dogs, are paying high price for popularity, experts warn
12/15/1974
Neglect of the federal government to meet the lawful demands of the half-breeds of the Northwest
Neglect of the federal government to meet the lawful demands of the half-breeds of the Northwest
1885
Good grooming's going to the dogs, Almost 100 breeds from all parts of Canada and half the Untied States are on display at the Canadian National Sport(...)
Good grooming's going to the dogs, Almost 100 breeds from all parts of Canada and half the Untied States are on display at the Canadian National Sport(...)
3/17/1974
Book cover: very worn, mottled grey, quarter calf (badly torn)
Ornithologia curioso, or, The wonders of the feathered creation : being a collection of anecdotes, illustrative of the surprising instinct, sagacity, &c. of birds
1807