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Index of Subjects Given the disparity in our population size compared to that of the nearby eagle-icon nation, how about backing the true king of the birds, Aesop's Wren? (well it was Greek, but probably a related species) In the fly-off to establish who should be king of the birds, Eagle flew highest by far until he (she?) was tired out and could fly no higher, but forgot that clever Wren was perched upon his back. Wren then took off and flew a bit higher, claiming the title. Small and definitely a thinking bird, except that it probably needed a hefty bailout to get back down to earth. On 10-May-10, at 1:33 PM, iamclar@dal.ca wrote: > Hi All: > > This can get rapidly out of hand, so let's keep it nationalism-lite. I > got a followup from the CBC who received a call from a fellow who > didn't remember its name was but promoted the bird that sings (and he > has heard singing) "sweet, sweet, Canada, Canada, Canada." > > Great choice that, except that it's "poor Sam Peabody, Peabody, > Peabody . ." in New England and, alarmingly, "baise ma queue, > Fréderic, Fréderic, Fréderic . . " in Québec. (Hope that gets > through). > > I can see few flaws with Gray (CANADA, dammit) Jay, except that it's a > campsite thief; but, that's fair, since we steal its trees. And, as > Brian notes, it did, after all, (re-)create the world - not bad for a > modest Canuck. > > Maybe a more little seriously, there is some danger in allowing a wide > public vote on an indefinite list. (We do have a representative > democracy.) Perhaps each provincial naturalists' federation should > draw up a list (annotated with support for the choice) and put the > list out on a national website, maybe that of Nature Canada. Joan > Czapaly, over to you. > > Best, Ian > > Ian McLaren > > > >
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