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Canada emblem? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Gaga
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cuckooroller
Registered User
the goose of course
Charles Harper
Régisseur
Shame, Gaga-- it's the Common Loon. That's why we have Loonies.
Michael Frankis
conehead
Hi Gaga,
Found this on a website:
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CANADA
Canada's national bird is the Common Loon.
The bird symbols of Canada's provinces and territories are:
Michael
Found this on a website:
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CANADA
Canada's national bird is the Common Loon.
The bird symbols of Canada's provinces and territories are:
- Alberta - Great Horned Owl
- British Columbia - Steller's Jay
- Manitoba - Great Gray Owl
- New Brunswick - Black-capped Chickadee
- Newfoundland - Atlantic Puffin
- Northwest Territories - Gyrfalcon
- Nova Scotia - Osprey
- Nunavut - none yet
- Ontario - Common Loon
- Prince Edward Island - Blue Jay
- Quebec - Snowy Owl
- Saskatchewan - Sharp-tailed Grouse
- Yukon - Common Raven
Michael
Michael Frankis
conehead
That'd have to be the original Penguin (Pinguinus impennis), sadly now extinct :-CTammie said:Maybe the penguin??
For a bird for Nunavut, how about Snow Bunting?
Michael Frankis
conehead
The Vikings nabbed that one for theirs long ago - no longer available!snowyowl said:
Michael
snowyowl
Well-known member
Ok, here's what we will do! We'll move the Raven from the Yukon to Nunavit. I think this is appropriate because of the spiritual link between the First Nations and the Raven and Nunavit is so strongly native. We'll leave the Gyrfalcon inNWT and give the Yukon the Ptamigan.Gaga said:
Now, if only someone would listen! :bounce: I bet we could solve all the UN's problems too!
Michael Frankis
conehead
Odin wouldn't agree to that - his Ravens get everywhere and see everything but they remain strictly faithful to Odinsnowyowl said:Ok, here's what we will do! We'll move the Raven from the Yukon to Nunavit. I think this is appropriate because of the spiritual link between the First Nations and the Raven and Nunavit is so strongly native. We'll leave the Gyrfalcon inNWT and give the Yukon the Ptamigan.
Michael the Viking
Carson
Well-known member
I'm glad BC has the Steller's Jay. I'm totally happy with that choice. Apparently our dogwood is not so good, though--it's the northern extreme, so I understand, of a California group; and it doesn't survive throughout the colder BC interior.
Alberta's beautiful wild rose was selected by schoolchildren--a great idea. The species they chose is actually the thorniest of their wild roses, but, well, that's okay.... ;-)
BTW, the word "loon" relates to the word "lummox," which, I believe, is Scandinavian. Because loons are very awkward on land, the connection is made. (Gets a bit scrambled later on, because we also have "lunatic" in reference to being under the influence of Luna, the Moon.) Loons are such wonderful creatures, I'm glad Canada wasn't too stodgy to choose a loonie symbol.
Alberta's beautiful wild rose was selected by schoolchildren--a great idea. The species they chose is actually the thorniest of their wild roses, but, well, that's okay.... ;-)
BTW, the word "loon" relates to the word "lummox," which, I believe, is Scandinavian. Because loons are very awkward on land, the connection is made. (Gets a bit scrambled later on, because we also have "lunatic" in reference to being under the influence of Luna, the Moon.) Loons are such wonderful creatures, I'm glad Canada wasn't too stodgy to choose a loonie symbol.
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Michael Frankis
conehead
Sorry, nope - it's from Old Norse Lómr, wailing, from the song (of Red-throated Diver/Loon)Carson said:
Michael
snowyowl
Well-known member
But you should have the Gray Jay! All kidding aside, to me the Blue jay simply doesn't fit the Island. With our tiny size, I think that if not the Chickadee some other small bird, perhaps the Red-breasted Nuthatch, would have been much more suitable. Of course, it would be possible to go to the other extreme and have the Great Blue Heron. It's easy to see concentrations of 50 - 100 feeding together in Summer.Gaga said:That's because that's our provincial bird here in New Brunswick!
