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Built over 40 years ago by Roy Ivor, 91, the naturalist s home now stands smouldering after a fire rushed through it, killing more than 100 birds. Ivo(...)
Built over 40 years ago by Roy Ivor, 91, the naturalist s home now stands smouldering after a fire rushed through it, killing more than 100 birds. Ivo(...)

Built over 40 years ago by Roy Ivor, 91, the naturalist s home now stands smouldering after a fire rushed through it, killing more than 100 birds. Ivo(...)

Date12/29/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Built over 40 years ago by Roy Ivor; 91; the naturalist s home now stands smouldering after a fire rushed through it; killing more than 100 birds. Ivor has been taking birds into his home and nursing them ever since the house was erected. When firemen from Erindale and Cooksville arrived at the Windinglane sanctuary they found Ivor outside dressed only in a nightshirt and huddled in a blanket. All but three of his birds were killed in the early morning blaze.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0000361F
      Ninety-five today, internationally known naturalist Roy Ivor of Streetsville has cared for birds for 50 years in his sanctuary but now he says he's ne(...)
      Ninety-five today, internationally known naturalist Roy Ivor of Streetsville has cared for birds for 50 years in his sanctuary but now he says he's ne(...)
      Ivor, Hance Roy, 1880-1979
      1/2/1975
      Roy Ivor and friend, The naturalist who began caring for birds when he was 10, is shown in a picture taken in December, 1970
      Roy Ivor and friend, The naturalist who began caring for birds when he was 10, is shown in a picture taken in December, 1970
      Calleja, Frank
      10/21/1970
      Birdman Roy Ivor tames a great horned owl, Famed naturalist Roy Ivor, who will soon celebrate his 92nd birthday and who for years has operated bird sa(...)
      Birdman Roy Ivor tames a great horned owl, Famed naturalist Roy Ivor, who will soon celebrate his 92nd birthday and who for years has operated bird sa(...)
      Calleja, Frank
      9/28/1971
      One of the Patrons of Erindale's Winding Trail Bird Sanctuary, a Northern Hawk, perches on wrist of 91-year-old naturalist Ray Ivor as he sits outside(...)
      One of the Patrons of Erindale's Winding Trail Bird Sanctuary, a Northern Hawk, perches on wrist of 91-year-old naturalist Ray Ivor as he sits outside(...)
      Ivor, Hance Roy, 1880-1979
      7/6/1971
      Neat picket pence stands unmarked by the fire in Cobalt yesterday that left the home it guarded and dozens more a pile of smouldering ashes. A residen(...)
      Neat picket pence stands unmarked by the fire in Cobalt yesterday that left the home it guarded and dozens more a pile of smouldering ashes. A residen(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      5/24/1977
      A dead bird is crumpled at the bottom of a cage as firemen check the ruins of Roy Ivor s Erindale home after it was struck by fire yesterday. Ivor kep(...)
      A dead bird is crumpled at the bottom of a cage as firemen check the ruins of Roy Ivor s Erindale home after it was struck by fire yesterday. Ivor kep(...)
      Calleja, Frank
      12/29/1970
      Golden Eagle thanks its benefactor, Raja, a golden eagle, leans over 92-year-old Roy Ivor, the naturalist with a bird sancturary on Mississauga Rd. where the eagle lives
      Golden Eagle thanks its benefactor, Raja, a golden eagle, leans over 92-year-old Roy Ivor, the naturalist with a bird sancturary on Mississauga Rd. where the eagle lives
      Calleja, Frank
      10/25/1972
      Naturalist Roy Ivor, 93, who has operated a bird Sanctuary in Mississauga for years, will receive the Order of Canada next year
      Naturalist Roy Ivor, 93, who has operated a bird Sanctuary in Mississauga for years, will receive the Order of Canada next year
      Calleja, Frank
      8/29/1973
      Roy Ivor, the 93-year-old naturalist who founded the Windinglane Bird Sanctuary in Mississauga looks at one of his many red-tailed hawks, one of about(...)
      Roy Ivor, the 93-year-old naturalist who founded the Windinglane Bird Sanctuary in Mississauga looks at one of his many red-tailed hawks, one of about(...)
      Calleja, Frank
      11/5/1973
      Birdman gets a medal, The Order of Canada was presented today to Roy Ivor, the 95-year-old internationally known naturalist from Mississauga, by lieutenant-Governor Pauline McGibbon
      Birdman gets a medal, The Order of Canada was presented today to Roy Ivor, the 95-year-old internationally known naturalist from Mississauga, by lieutenant-Governor Pauline McGibbon
      Ivor, Hance Roy, 1880-1979
      1/14/1975
      A chat with two pretty girls, sisters Jackie (left) and Corlaie Allan was just one highlight for naturalist Roy Ivor, 92, at a fund-raising Concert in(...)
      A chat with two pretty girls, sisters Jackie (left) and Corlaie Allan was just one highlight for naturalist Roy Ivor, 92, at a fund-raising Concert in(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      5/2/1971
      Tasty Morsel for an owl, Betty Herson is one of several people who regularly visit Mississauga naturalist Roy Ivor at his sanctuary in Erindale
      Tasty Morsel for an owl, Betty Herson is one of several people who regularly visit Mississauga naturalist Roy Ivor at his sanctuary in Erindale
      Calleja, Frank
      10/26/1972