Toronto's Historical Plaques

Learn a little of Toronto's history as told through its plaques.

First Banding of a Bird

First Banding of a Bird

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 south-eastern part of High Park tells the story:

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.

Location Co-ordinates: 43.643149 -79.458189

Map First Banding of a Bird

Photo by Alan L Brown - September 2006

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