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This Area for the Birds. A red-winged black bird, protecting a nest near a walkway at Ontatio place, has been spending his days pecking the noggins of(...)
This Area for the Birds. A red-winged black bird, protecting a nest near a walkway at Ontatio place, has been spending his days pecking the noggins of(...)

This Area for the Birds. A red-winged black bird, protecting a nest near a walkway at Ontatio place, has been spending his days pecking the noggins of(...)

Date6/27/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: This Area for the Birds. A red-winged black bird; protecting a nest near a walkway at Ontatio place; has been spending his days pecking the noggins of unsuspecting passersby. These two victims are Gershwin Pfaff; 14; left; and his brother John; 13.
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This area for the birds. A red-winged black bird, protecting a nest near a walkway at ontario place, has been spending his days pecking the noggins of(...)
This area for the birds. A red-winged black bird, protecting a nest near a walkway at ontario place, has been spending his days pecking the noggins of(...)
6/27/1988
This area for the birds. A red-winged black bird, protecting a nest near a walkway at Ontario place, has been spending his days pecking the noggins of(...)
This area for the birds. A red-winged black bird, protecting a nest near a walkway at Ontario place, has been spending his days pecking the noggins of(...)
6/27/1988
Dive bomber: This red-winged blackbird tries to shoo zookeeper Ray Schofield away from the tiger compound, where she has set up her nest
Dive bomber: This red-winged blackbird tries to shoo zookeeper Ray Schofield away from the tiger compound, where she has set up her nest
6/26/1989
Dive bomber: This red-winged blackbird tries to shoo zookeeper Ray Schofield away from the tiger compound, where she has set up her nest
Dive bomber: This red-winged blackbird tries to shoo zookeeper Ray Schofield away from the tiger compound, where she has set up her nest
6/26/1989
Red winged Starling or Marsh Blackbird
Red winged Starling or Marsh Blackbird
1827 - 1838
1. Nuttall's Starling, 2. Yellow-headed Troopial, 3. Bullock's Oriole
1. Nuttall's Starling, 2. Yellow-headed Troopial, 3. Bullock's Oriole
1837
Prairie Starling
Prairie Starling
1838
Rusty Grakle
Rusty Grakle
1833
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
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
Leo Smith saw his first bluebird nest eight years ago and is now actively campaigning to help the rare bird make a come-back. He has distributed 445 n(...)
Leo Smith saw his first bluebird nest eight years ago and is now actively campaigning to help the rare bird make a come-back. He has distributed 445 n(...)
8/2/1974
Alf Bunker, doesn't charge for rides on his Cherrywood Pickering Railway but his sister, Dorothy, 75, likes to wear a conductor's cap and punch tickets just for the fun of it. Bunker also has been banding wild birds for 20 years.
Alf Bunker, doesn't charge for rides on his Cherrywood Pickering Railway but his sister, Dorothy, 75, likes to wear a conductor's cap and punch tickets just for the fun of it. Bunker also has been banding wild birds for 20 years.
8/9/1973