2019 – 2026
How Bird Sitting Toronto got here
From Samantha’s first budgie, Matcha, to 3,000+ stays since 2021: first in Toronto, and since 2024 in our family home in Mississauga, where the birds have the whole lower floor. Told one year at a time, in our own films.
2019
Before the business, and before any film: one budgie called Matcha.
“She was a feisty two-year-old budgie, born in 2017, but she slowly grew to trust me before she sadly passed away. She was my inspiration to continue my passion to care for birds, and ultimately start Bird Sitting Toronto.”
Samantha, on Matcha, her first bird
Matcha Comes Home
Samantha’s first bird, a budgie born in 2017. She was two when she came home.
Maui Joins Matcha
A second budgie, so that Matcha would have a friend.
Goodbye Matcha, Hello Mango
Matcha passed away on 2 December. Mango came home that month, so Maui would never be alone.
“Ignorance is not bliss. I have personally experienced a premature loss due to my lack of knowledge.”
What Matcha Taught Us About Food →
2021
One room, a handful of birds, and a phone to film it with.
Miko Comes Home
A green-cheeked conure, and our wedding gift to ourselves.
Bird Sitting Toronto Begins
We had a short trip to the United States and nobody who knew birds to look after Miko, Mango and Maui. Google found sitters for dogs and cats only, so Samantha started one for birds.
Our First Guest
A lovebird, for the whole of October. She shredded paper and watched the city from the window.
Samantha and a lovebird
Bird Sitting Toronto 2021 Trailer
Our first trailer.
Filmed in 2021, uploaded in October 2022.
Watch On YouTubeWelcome To Bird Sitting Toronto
A minute on what the day actually looked like when BST was a year old.
Filmed in 2021, uploaded in October 2022.
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2022
The resident flock gets introduced properly, one bird at a time.
Apollo’s First Visit
A conure came in for a nail and wing trim, then came back to stay while his move to the United States was arranged. The move fell through, and he stayed for good.
Meet Apollo
Cages To Rent
For a bird whose own cage is too big to bring, we keep cages of our own to lend for the stay.
See Our Cages
A cockatiel, on a head
Quick Intro: Meet Our Birds
The first proper introduction to the resident flock.
Watch On YouTubeOur Flock Introduction
Eleven minutes, every bird in the house, one at a time. The longest film we have made.
Watch On YouTube
2023
The camera turns around: the films start being about your bird rather than about us.
900+ Birds, And A Wall Of Polaroids
Over 900 birds in our first two years, and a polaroid of every one of them up on the wall.
Samantha Publishes Parrot Parenting
Her book on caring for parrots, written from the birds she has looked after. In paperback and on Kindle.
About The Book
A conure, in hand 
On a shoulder 
In somebody's hair 
A quaker on a cage top
9 Must-Know Tips For A Happy, Healthy Bird
The year the films stopped being about us and started being about your bird.
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2024
The move to the Mississauga house — the whole lower floor for the birds instead of one room.
Stay Number 1,000
The thousandth stay in our booking records.
A budgie meets a baby
Welcome To Our New Space In Mississauga
A tour of the new space, just after the move.
Watch On YouTubeMeet Our Playful, Cute Feathered Friends
The new house with birds in it, two months after the move.
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2025
Sam vs Amir in the kitchen: fresh chop, judged by the birds.
Stay Number 2,000
Less than eighteen months after the thousandth.
Our daughter and a budgie 
A budgie on a hand
Bird Chop Challenge
Chop, judged by the birds. The year the channel got its sense of humour.
Watch On YouTube
2026
The year your bird's stay moved onto your phone.
The BST Mobile App
Free on the App Store, and on Google Play in August: your bird’s photos and videos, every day of its stay, on your phone.
Stay Number 3,000
Almost five years after one lovebird and three birds of our own.
The 360° Tour
Look around the bird room from your phone. It lives inside the app.
360° WalkthroughIn the BST Mobile App, under More
Our daughter and a conure 
A conure on her head
Come To Bird Sitting Toronto
A quick hello from the house.
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Today’s bird room is in the 360° tour in the free BST Mobile App (iPhone, Android) — with photos and videos of your own bird every day of its stay. Some of our guests are on past birdies.
App Birds · boarding in Mississauga
That was then. Today it is on your phone.
Book a stay and get the free BST Mobile App: photos of your bird every day, alerts, and the 360° tour of the bird room.
- Photos every dayYour bird's day, posted to your phone.
- Check-in alertsA note when your bird is settled on the perch.
- Pick-up remindersThe evening before drop-off and pick-up.
- Instant quoteDates and birds in, price out.
Free · iPhone & Android · sign in with your BST account
