First Banding of a Bird National Historic Event
Toronto, Ontario
First Banding of a Bird
(© PC Database)
Address :
corner of Spring and Deer Pen Road, Toronto, Ontario
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1955-05-10
Other Name(s):
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First Banding of a Bird
(Designation Name)
Importance:
First banding of a wild bird, led to increased knowledge of migrations
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: High Park corner of Spring and Deer Pen Road, Toronto, Ontario
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.