From the link : Canada doesn't have a national bird... The Top 10 picks collected to date on the conservancy's website include: the Canada goose, loon, raven, whiskey jack, great blue heron, snowy owl, short-billed crow, snow goose and the tundra swan respectively.

Now, I like the Whiskey Jack because it's proper name is Canada Jay. And it exemplifies Canucks. It's friendly, unassuming and relatively intelligent. Why, back when I used to hunt, I trained one to help me hunt grouse (I have more stories). And, it's cute as a button but not flashy or flaunting. And certainly not as aggressive as a Blue Jay, hoped for by the Tory politicians... Blue Jays routinely follow Canada Jays around and mug them for the grub they find.

Of course, the Canada Jay, Gray Jay, Whiskey Jack, Moosebird, Camp Robber also identifies with our rednecks like Shane... unattended food is spirited away with swiftness and cunning, much as Shane would swipe the beer ya set out on the porch ta chill in the cold air.

So, The Canada Jay represents many Canucks and I avidly support it's rise aloft.

Soar, little Moosebird, soar.