Canada's new national bird

[Casper's 2nd best friend]

Cute and intelligent, it was a surprise winner
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ruffling some people's feathers

[kendrafitz]

So cute! Plus, it sounds like they don't migrate to other countries. :)

We get Canadian geese here and I really don't like them. They are a pain and make a big mess. Also fairly aggressive. Lots of stories of people feeding them in parks and when the food runs out the people get chomped. In fact there are businesses of people with dogs that will chase the geese of properties for a fee. While I'm sure they have lots of positive attributes, I find them a nuisance.

[Casper's 2nd best friend]

Same thing here with the Canada Geese, they hang around in parks in gangs with the swans, mugging small children of their bread scraps.
Not a good ambassador so probably a good thing that it wasn't chosen.
The robin was recently chosen as the UK's national bird, great for chrissy card printers. We have them visit our garden, singing their slightly mournful song. I think they are different to american robins.
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[kendrafitz]

Same thing here with the Canada Geese, they hang around in parks in gangs with the swans, mugging small children of their bread scraps.
Not a good ambassador so probably a good thing that it wasn't chosen.
The robin was recently chosen as the UK's national bird, great for chrissy card printers. We have them visit our garden, singing their slightly mournful song. I think they are different to american robins.
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Robin ([Users must be registered and logged in to view attached photos or hyperlinks]) by Jean-Pierre Declemy ([Users must be registered and logged in to view attached photos or hyperlinks]), on Flickr
Agreed. :)

The UK'S robin is much more delicate looking than the robin we have in NJ. (But then we NJians are a tough bunch. Not exactly known for being delicate) Lol They must be so nice to see in your yard. We have robin red breasts. Which are cute, we get them in our yard bc they love our holly berries. Their bellies are very round and look like the swallowed a mini bowling ball.

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[Dragonlady2]

Interesting. Of all 5 finalists, the only one I didn't know about was the grey jay. I have to agree about the Canada geese, people put out plastic coyotes to deter them from nesting. I love the snowy owl, huge majestic creatures, but I am partial to chickadees. We always had scads of them in the yard.

[Quakerella]

I have never heard of the Grey Jay. Love the Blue Jay, but very aggressive and territorial. I agree about the geese, we have hundreds of them around here, and they can be very annoying.
These pictures were taken on my front porch this summer. Trying to get a picture of the deer, bear and fox but haven't seen them for a couple of weeks.

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[Mare]

The grey jay! What a cute little bird this is! I've seen Canadian geese cruising through, landing in ponds and always thought them such a beautiful majestic bird. I've obviously had no close encounters! :th_eek: