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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(...)

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(...)

Date9/28/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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 bird breeder will be showing his birds at the 28th Canadian National Cage Bird Show in Pickering this weekend.
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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.
6/15/1982
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
Nests and eggs of familiar British birds : described and illustrated, with an account of the haunts and habits of the feathered architects : and their times and modes of building
Nests and eggs of familiar British birds : described and illustrated, with an account of the haunts and habits of the feathered architects : and their times and modes of building
1857
Ornithologia curioso, or, The wonders of the feathered creation : being a collection of anecdotes, illustrative of the surprising instinct, sagacity, &c. of birds
Ornithologia curioso, or, The wonders of the feathered creation : being a collection of anecdotes, illustrative of the surprising instinct, sagacity, &c. of birds
1807
Barren times: Farmer Don Drake finds the market for his black sunflower seeds has dried up as consumers cut back.
Barren times: Farmer Don Drake finds the market for his black sunflower seeds has dried up as consumers cut back.
4/2/1992
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
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
John Harrop has bird identified
John Harrop has bird identified
2/13/1973
Tommy Trip's museum, or, A peep at the feathered creation
Tommy Trip's museum, or, A peep at the feathered creation
1832
Tommy Trip's museum, or, A peep at the feathered creation
Tommy Trip's museum, or, A peep at the feathered creation
1832
Feathered harbingers of winter gather for the long trip south
Feathered harbingers of winter gather for the long trip south
9/14/1972
Drink up: Philosophy professor Kuni Fann turned his hand to producing and selling a herbal drink after friends liked his caffeine-free concoction. He has taken a year off teaching and invested thousands in the venture.
Drink up: Philosophy professor Kuni Fann turned his hand to producing and selling a herbal drink after friends liked his caffeine-free concoction. He has taken a year off teaching and invested thousands in the venture.
5/1/1991