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For the birds: Avid birdwatcher Bill Smith, 63, loves nothing more than to get away from people and close to the birds
For the birds: Avid birdwatcher Bill Smith, 63, loves nothing more than to get away from people and close to the birds

For the birds: Avid birdwatcher Bill Smith, 63, loves nothing more than to get away from people and close to the birds

Date4/27/1982
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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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
Woodcarver Frank Smith, 79, examines one of the hundreds of colorful life-sized models of Canadian birds he carved over the past 50 years
Woodcarver Frank Smith, 79, examines one of the hundreds of colorful life-sized models of Canadian birds he carved over the past 50 years
1/23/1968
Avid naturalists: Bill and Eva Rich of Don Mills, both members of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists, enjoy studying wildflowers and bird-watching
Avid naturalists: Bill and Eva Rich of Don Mills, both members of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists, enjoy studying wildflowers and bird-watching
8/20/1985
Max Steele: The owner of a North York aviary with a couple of the rare birds that thieves didn't get in a break-in last week
Max Steele: The owner of a North York aviary with a couple of the rare birds that thieves didn't get in a break-in last week
10/8/1981
Loves birds
Loves birds
12/13/1982
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
Tacky Tubes: Don Hunter, left, and Simon Bull sell Buzz-off, a stickly but non-toxic substance that keeps birds from landing on statues and buildings
Tacky Tubes: Don Hunter, left, and Simon Bull sell Buzz-off, a stickly but non-toxic substance that keeps birds from landing on statues and buildings
4/11/1991
New home for Hedgehog: Kim Dormaar, assistant director of new Metro zoo, holds a hedgehog from Asia, one of 5,000 animals, birds, reptiles and fish which will live in the 700-acre zoo. In order to raise funds for the new zoo, Metro's six mayors and thousands of zoo supporters are today walking 15 miles in hopes of raising $500,000 towards $6 million zoo fund objective. The zoo, being built in northeastern corner of Scarborough, will open next summer.
New home for Hedgehog: Kim Dormaar, assistant director of new Metro zoo, holds a hedgehog from Asia, one of 5,000 animals, birds, reptiles and fish which will live in the 700-acre zoo. In order to raise funds for the new zoo, Metro's six mayors and thousands of zoo supporters are today walking 15 miles in hopes of raising $500,000 towards $6 million zoo fund objective. The zoo, being built in northeastern corner of Scarborough, will open next summer.
5/31/1973
The badminston boom may be hot on the trail of the tennis craze with more than 150,000 people in Ontario now batting at birds regularly. The Toronto a(...)
The badminston boom may be hot on the trail of the tennis craze with more than 150,000 people in Ontario now batting at birds regularly. The Toronto a(...)
10/5/1977
A fine-feathered friend: Barred rock rooster -- an old English game cock -- is one of award-winning birds on Gerald Donnelly's Caledon farm.
A fine-feathered friend: Barred rock rooster -- an old English game cock -- is one of award-winning birds on Gerald Donnelly's Caledon farm.
4/15/1981
Rom Dr. Allan Baker - birds
Rom Dr. Allan Baker - birds
5/2/1979
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