I would have when with the snowy owl. Owls are neat.
I was fine with the choice until you mentioned this. #### yeah owls.
Although apparently that's Quebec's official bird. Which leads me to the question: why do provinces have official birds?
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Good. They're smart, cooperative, monogamous, mischievous, live in all provinces and don't take winters off like the loser loon.
Haha fair enough. My reason for preferring a loon is that I love hearing them up at my cabin in northern Saskatchewan every summer. Feels quintessentially Canadian to me.
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The society will now lobby the federal government to officially adopt the whisky jack as Canada's national bird in an Act of Parliament in 2017 to mark Canada's 150th birthday. source
Wisakedjak (Wìsakedjàk in Algonquin, Wīhsakecāhkw in Cree and Wiisagejaak in Oji-cree) is the CraneManitou found in northern Algonquian and Denestorytelling, similar to the trickster godNanabozho in Ojibwaaadizookaanan (sacred stories) and Inktonme in Assiniboine myth. He is generally portrayed as being responsible for a great flood which destroyed the world originally made by the Creator, as well as the one who created the current world with magic, either on his own or with powers given to him by the Creator for that specific purpose. His name is subject to many variant forms, including Weesack-kachack, Wisagatcak, Wis-kay-tchach, Wissaketchak, Woesack-ootchacht, Vasaagihdzak, Weesageechak, and undoubtedly others.
It was sometimes Anglicized as whiskey jack, which became an alternate name for the gray jay.
Gray Jay (Whisky Jack) named Canada's national bird
