Toronto's Historical Plaques
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Learn a little of Toronto's history as told through its plaques
First Banding of a Bird
Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted September, 2006
It all started back in 1905. This Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque here at the corner of Spring Road and Deer Pen Road in the southeastern part of High Park tells the story:
Plaque coordinates: 43.643149 -79.458189 |
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On 24th September, 1905, James Henry Fleming placed band No. 1 on the foot of a robin in his garden at 267 Rusholme Road, Toronto. This was the first wild bird in Canada to be marked with a numbered and recorded band. From this beginning has come a greatly increased knowledge of bird migration.
Related web pages
bird banding
bird migration
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