Canada's version of a flawed election system

[Boomslang]

A fucking Gray Jay!?

That's what many Canadians are saying days after a controversial decision to name the flapping thing as Canada's top bird by the Royal Canadian Geographic Society despite it finishing THIRD in a public opinion poll. They plan on presenting their decision to Parliament in the hopes the government will officially declare the bird, also known as a Whiskey Jack, as Canada's national bird next year as part of our 150th anniversary.

The Gray Jay beat out such iconic stalwarts as the Common Loon, who led the popular vote and lends it's name to our damn dollar; the Snowy Owl, who is a bad ass mofo and...well....snow (it's Canada!); and the Canada Goose, who despite being a flying sack of shit and least shares a name with us.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...nadian-geographic-rom-ornithologist-1.3856361

 

[JD3000]

Outrage!!!
Seriously does sound pretty lame over the birds you mentioned.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

I would vote for the loon. It's the state bird of Minnesota and no other state

Canada Jay?! My Dad called them 'camp robbers'. Cute by hardly dignified enough to represent the wilderness as any of the others

 

[JustinK]

I would vote for the loon. It's the state bird of Minnesota and no other state

Canada Jay?! My Dad called them 'camp robbers'. Cute by hardly dignified enough to represent the wilderness as any of the others

The loon is also a damn good radio station up Brainerd way ya know (in my best Minnesota accent an NC boy that did two years in the TC can do)

 

[WaitakKauri]

Can't get away from them goose crappers even down here. They were introduced in the early 1900s (I didn't really think they migrated, but checked just to be sure). Invasive pests they are!! They lost protective status in 2011 so they're fair game for hunting.

I'd vote for the Blue Jay or Snowy Owl which looks cool as. Canadians are polite so I'm sure they'd let Americans partake in this bird vote?

 

[JD3000]

I suggest a bird cage match to sort this out. Lost eyes, cracked beaks, shit flying everywhere. Sort of like a presidential primary.

 

[Boomslang]

My money is on the owl...although the goose would probably fight dirty.

 

[Pelorus]

Pissed off goose flew at my daughter's kayak this past summer...never seen anyone able to paddle as quickly as she did. Terror is a powerful motivator.

 

[JD3000]

Yeah Canada geese get nasty. Big powerful wings

 

[RopeShield]

Vote for Gray Jay here!
Toughest, most resilient, kind, all around best arbclimber I ever worked with or seen.
Oldschooler. That's as Canadian as it gets.
The Grays for the win