11-17-2016, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by calculoso
It wasn't the CANADA Goose? That seems like it would be the obvious choice.
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People hate Canada geese. They're considered a menace in most places. I believe they even kill them in the UK as if they were giant rats. There is a broad consensus that this would be the worst possible decision.
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11-17-2016, 01:20 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Also, Canada Jay is an alternate name for the Gray Jay.
Shouldn't it be Grey (not Gray) in Canada (Commonwealth)?
http://www.greyorgray.com/
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11-17-2016, 01:35 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Deep South
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Originally Posted by puffnstuff
Didnt someone on here start a Whisky Jack jihad?
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Originally Posted by Regulator75
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I think they put it up on the last day of voting or something, so it pretty much got no traction.
I remember looking through the options though, and the Whiskey Jack did sound the best to me, mostly because it sticks around in the winter.
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11-17-2016, 01:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
Also, Canada Jay is an alternate name for the Gray Jay.
Shouldn't it be Grey (not Gray) in Canada (Commonwealth)?
http://www.greyorgray.com/ |
It was those dastardly American ornithologists who gave the Americanized spelling to the whiskey jack!
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In 1957, the American Ornithologists’ Union decided that, based on a nomenclatural system they no longer use, the species should be called “gray jay” — at least for scientific literature and field guides. Meanwhile, its Latin name is Perisoreus canadensis, and in French it is Mésangeai du Canada.
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11-17-2016, 03:12 PM
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Google translate says:
Mésangeai du Canada
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Great Tit 
Wait, what? 
I also like how in most pics, the Canada Jay just stares with a sort of calm analytical look. Cool bird.
Last edited by DoubleF; 11-17-2016 at 03:14 PM.
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11-17-2016, 03:28 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Deep South
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Also just noticed this:
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David Bird, head of McGill University's Avian Science and Conservation Centre
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Mr. Bird, head of the bird division 
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11-17-2016, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by mrkajz44
Also just noticed this:
Mr. Bird, head of the bird division |
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11-17-2016, 04:45 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2003
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They really are! A canada goose broke two ribs of a friend of mine...
Mind you he did shoot the bird first so I guess in a way he had it coming.
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Originally Posted by Locke
Those things are vicious bastards, hardly representative of Canada.
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