[andyt]

We have a national horse but no national bird. There's a movement afoot to name Canada's national bird. (I'm sure you can find it if you google.)

So what bird do you think?

I'm going with Loon. That haunting cry says wide open spaces, which kind of defines Canada in our mythos, if not in reality for most people.


Offical vote site: http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/nation ... scrolldown

[raydan]

You can't see it, but I'm flipping you the bird I'm voting for right now.

[fifeboy]

RAVEN

[Vamp018]

Honk for the Goose

[wildrosegirl]

[Vamp018]

Nah you don't want that pest wildrose, you'll get them crazy Southern US Rednecks pissed if Canada tries to steal there National Pest that'll carry a full grown men/women away to the swamp to be never seen again .

[wildrosegirl]

Vamp018 Vamp018:

Nah you don't want that pest wildrose, you'll get them crazy Southern US Rednecks pissed if Canada tries to steal there National Pest that'll carry a full grown men/women away to the swamp to be never seen again .

Good point. Thanks for the correction.

Then I want the hummingbird.

[N_Fiddledog]

Chickadee dee dee...

[Hyack]

My vote(s) go to either the Stellar's Jay or the Grey Jay aka Whiskey Jack.

$1:

Then I want the hummingbird.

$1:

Chickadee dee dee...

Which species of Hummer or Chickadee?

[N_Fiddledog]

There's a joke hidden in there somewhere, and I think it might be dirty, so I'm going to change the subject.

Look...

Chickadee.



Not to be confused with the frozen Kee Kee bird of the north.

Their calls are similar, but the Kee Kee's call is more like...

"Kee Kee Kee...

Kee...rist, It's cold up here."

(Yeah, I know. Old joke, right? )

[Hyack]

Chickadee....

Species

Black-capped chickadee, Poecile atricapillus
Boreal chickadee, Poecile hudsonicus
Carolina chickadee, Poecile carolinensis
Chestnut-backed chickadee, Poecile rufescens
Grey-headed chickadee, Poecile cinctus
Mexican chickadee, Poecile sclateri
Mountain chickadee, Poecile gambeli


As for the Hummingbird the number of species is much too large to post here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hummingbirds

[wildrosegirl]

N_Fiddledog N_Fiddledog:

There's a joke hidden in there somewhere, and I think it might be dirty, so I'm going to change the subject.

Mmmm... Nope. He just asked a question.

To answer it, here in Alberta we only have a few, and of them I'd vote for the Ruby-throated. They're great dive bombers, and SO much fun to watch. And - they're just downright pretty birds.

[Jabberwalker]

I second the Whiskey Jack ... or any kind of Jay. They're smart, bold and they don't mind telling you see what they think of you.

[raydan]

I would have thought that the loon or the Canada goose was already our national bird.

[Jabberwalker]

raydan raydan:

I would have thought that the loon or the Canada goose was already our national bird.

One is our currency and the other one is our tax system.