Posted on Jan 27, 2015
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From "The Globe & Mail"
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/somnia/article22635071/
A national bird? How about that one with ‘Canada’ in its name?
I just read an article that says Canada is looking for a new national bird. More specifically, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society is asking Canadians to vote online for the bird “most worthy of national designation.”
Maybe I’m crazy, but don’t we already have a national bird? The CANADA GOOSE. It’s right there in the name. Like the bald American eagle, only our bird has hair.
Noted Canadian author Will Ferguson agrees, saying the “bad-tempered” goose has the kind of attitude he wants in a national emblem. Think about it. Canada geese are both black and white (so, multi-cultural) they’re also sort of grayish (like our aging population) they fly south in groups every winter and they never declare anything at the border when they come back in. There can’t be a bird more Canadian than that can there?
Well, according to the thousands of votes cast on the RCGS website since the contest began this month (which is the most interest Canadians have shown in the RCGS website in the history of history) maybe there can be.
In particular, McGill university ornithologist David Bird (I dare you to find someone whose occupation more firmly embraces their surname) says the best choice would be ...
[EDITORIAL COMMENT:- To quote an old friend "Canada went through World War II led by a man who got his political policy advice from a combination of (A) his dog; (B) his dead mother; and (C) a Ouija Board. As far as Canadian politicians go, he wasn't all that bad. Americans cannot understand Canada. - I have no idea why not."]
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/somnia/article22635071/
A national bird? How about that one with ‘Canada’ in its name?
I just read an article that says Canada is looking for a new national bird. More specifically, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society is asking Canadians to vote online for the bird “most worthy of national designation.”
Maybe I’m crazy, but don’t we already have a national bird? The CANADA GOOSE. It’s right there in the name. Like the bald American eagle, only our bird has hair.
Noted Canadian author Will Ferguson agrees, saying the “bad-tempered” goose has the kind of attitude he wants in a national emblem. Think about it. Canada geese are both black and white (so, multi-cultural) they’re also sort of grayish (like our aging population) they fly south in groups every winter and they never declare anything at the border when they come back in. There can’t be a bird more Canadian than that can there?
Well, according to the thousands of votes cast on the RCGS website since the contest began this month (which is the most interest Canadians have shown in the RCGS website in the history of history) maybe there can be.
In particular, McGill university ornithologist David Bird (I dare you to find someone whose occupation more firmly embraces their surname) says the best choice would be ...
[EDITORIAL COMMENT:- To quote an old friend "Canada went through World War II led by a man who got his political policy advice from a combination of (A) his dog; (B) his dead mother; and (C) a Ouija Board. As far as Canadian politicians go, he wasn't all that bad. Americans cannot understand Canada. - I have no idea why not."]
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