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Swans join wild kin. The Swans from Gairloch Gardens in east Oakville have joined the growing number of ducks and Canada geese wintering along Lake On(...)
Swans join wild kin. The Swans from Gairloch Gardens in east Oakville have joined the growing number of ducks and Canada geese wintering along Lake On(...)

Swans join wild kin. The Swans from Gairloch Gardens in east Oakville have joined the growing number of ducks and Canada geese wintering along Lake On(...)

Date2/20/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Swans join wild kin. The Swans from Gairloch Gardens in east Oakville have joined the growing number of ducks and Canada geese wintering along Lake Ontario shoreline at Bronte Beach Park. Tiffany Paulsen; 3; and brother; Billy; 2; feed birds. Wildlife officials are asking residents not to feed birds next year to encourage them to migrate.
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Each year, the flightless birds who can't migrate south - this year's batch includes geese, swans and ducks - winter in a fenced-in and heated enclosure near the greenhouse
Each year, the flightless birds who can't migrate south - this year's batch includes geese, swans and ducks - winter in a fenced-in and heated enclosure near the greenhouse
12/7/1977
Even Canada's wild ducks know a good thing when they find it, and several hundred winter annually along the Lakeshore and at Toronto Island. The Toron(...)
Even Canada's wild ducks know a good thing when they find it, and several hundred winter annually along the Lakeshore and at Toronto Island. The Toron(...)
26 May 1977
Fair warning for water fowl. Ducks wintering on Grenadier Pond can ignore the warning sign but you had better not. It got as warm as 11C (52F) yesterd(...)
Fair warning for water fowl. Ducks wintering on Grenadier Pond can ignore the warning sign but you had better not. It got as warm as 11C (52F) yesterd(...)
12/20/1988
Paddling around in Grenadier Pond in High Park, wintering ducks blithely ignore the sign warning that the nonexistent ice is unsafe. It is likely to r(...)
Paddling around in Grenadier Pond in High Park, wintering ducks blithely ignore the sign warning that the nonexistent ice is unsafe. It is likely to r(...)
12/13/1971
Cold duck freed from the ice. Rescuing ducks and Canada geese frozen in the ice at the foot of Spadina Ave., Dale Griffin, 22, carries a mallard he ha(...)
Cold duck freed from the ice. Rescuing ducks and Canada geese frozen in the ice at the foot of Spadina Ave., Dale Griffin, 22, carries a mallard he ha(...)
2/4/1976
There are many varieties of ducks and geese in Canadian waters
There are many varieties of ducks and geese in Canadian waters
1/6/1978
Dozing in the Sun, a variety of ducks and geese bask in the fresh breezes yesterday on the waterfront steps near the Harbor Police, perhaps dreaming t(...)
Dozing in the Sun, a variety of ducks and geese bask in the fresh breezes yesterday on the waterfront steps near the Harbor Police, perhaps dreaming t(...)
3/27/1972
Ducks and Geese Flock to Bronte for a Banquet
Ducks and Geese Flock to Bronte for a Banquet
1/13/1974
Scores of ducks-but not Ringo-paddle along the shore of Lake Ontario as Humane Society Inspector John McArthur tosses bread crumbs and corn to them to(...)
Scores of ducks-but not Ringo-paddle along the shore of Lake Ontario as Humane Society Inspector John McArthur tosses bread crumbs and corn to them to(...)
11/10/1971
A couple of ducks have found an ideal place to nest - in a mooring buoy in the basin of National Yacht Club
A couple of ducks have found an ideal place to nest - in a mooring buoy in the basin of National Yacht Club
5/9/1975
Ducks have to run for their dinner
Ducks have to run for their dinner
12/26/1973
Ducks that winter on Grenadier Pond in High Park get a handout from Annie Magansa, 15, and Alan Potter, 18, to disapproval of waterfowl biologist Robe(...)
Ducks that winter on Grenadier Pond in High Park get a handout from Annie Magansa, 15, and Alan Potter, 18, to disapproval of waterfowl biologist Robe(...)
2/27/1974