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For 16 years,. Humane Society inspector Wilf Patey has been feeding the ducks and Canada geese along the Toronto waterfront each winter as part of his(...)
For 16 years,. Humane Society inspector Wilf Patey has been feeding the ducks and Canada geese along the Toronto waterfront each winter as part of his(...)

For 16 years,. Humane Society inspector Wilf Patey has been feeding the ducks and Canada geese along the Toronto waterfront each winter as part of his(...)

Date2/2/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: For 16 years;. Humane Society inspector Wilf Patey has been feeding the ducks and Canada geese along the Toronto waterfront each winter as part of his job - and he says he'll continue to do it on his own if the society carries out its plans to end the feeding program. A biologist says feeding makes the birds abandon their instinct to migrate south for the winter.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0004008F
It's time of a handout, and Humane Society Inspector George Pichler offers grain to a flock of Canada Geese wintering along Metro's Lake Ontario shore(...)
It's time of a handout, and Humane Society Inspector George Pichler offers grain to a flock of Canada Geese wintering along Metro's Lake Ontario shore(...)
1/12/1971
Feeding time? This flock of Canada Geese, part of a growing number in the Metro area that now spend the winter here, wander about as if they're lookin(...)
Feeding time? This flock of Canada Geese, part of a growing number in the Metro area that now spend the winter here, wander about as if they're lookin(...)
2/6/1979
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(...)
6/9/1977
Day for ducks and geese
Day for ducks and geese
12/25/1972
Humane society workers Wilf Patey (left) and Reginald Chapman hold up a Canada goose rescued from oil spill along Sunnyside waterfront. More than 75 d(...)
Humane society workers Wilf Patey (left) and Reginald Chapman hold up a Canada goose rescued from oil spill along Sunnyside waterfront. More than 75 d(...)
1/2/1976
Ducks and Geese caught in oil, As many as 100 geese and ducks, like the one held by Toronto Humane Society officer Gord Haley, have been coated with o(...)
Ducks and Geese caught in oil, As many as 100 geese and ducks, like the one held by Toronto Humane Society officer Gord Haley, have been coated with o(...)
1/2/1976
Inspector Wilf Patey, stays on the job last night at the Toronto Humane Society after being hit on forehead by a rock
Inspector Wilf Patey, stays on the job last night at the Toronto Humane Society after being hit on forehead by a rock
9/19/1973
Humane Society Inspector Wilf Patey holds two make peacocks he captured last night on Balliol St
Humane Society Inspector Wilf Patey holds two make peacocks he captured last night on Balliol St
9/16/1973
Nice weather - for geese. Mother Goose takes her flock for a stroll under less than summery skies near Ashbridges Bay on Metro's waterfront. Today's w(...)
Nice weather - for geese. Mother Goose takes her flock for a stroll under less than summery skies near Ashbridges Bay on Metro's waterfront. Today's w(...)
5/31/1993
Out for a Sunday Cruise, this pair of Canada geese convoys a flotilla of 18 offspring as they paddle along under sunny skies on Toronto Harbor off Cen(...)
Out for a Sunday Cruise, this pair of Canada geese convoys a flotilla of 18 offspring as they paddle along under sunny skies on Toronto Harbor off Cen(...)
5/23/1971
It's lunchtime for a flock of Canada geese along the lakeshore, near Ellis Ave
It's lunchtime for a flock of Canada geese along the lakeshore, near Ellis Ave
1/12/1971
Mother goose greets spring. We're still waiting for the trees to bloom, but as far as these Canada Geese are concerned, spring has arrived on the Toro(...)
Mother goose greets spring. We're still waiting for the trees to bloom, but as far as these Canada Geese are concerned, spring has arrived on the Toro(...)
3/29/1973