What should be the official Bird and Flower of Canada?
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The House Sparrow is not even native to Canada. It should be something like a vulture. We took paradise and turned it into a shopping mall and garbage dump. We live off the carrion of our forests and other resources.
Dandelion is a good choice though.
For bird I'd go with "the bird".
And for flower? Well considering the majority of people around the world already think it's on our flag.
And for flower? Well considering the majority of people around the world already think it's on our flag.
ya that's great..................
considering all the choices. make the CANADA GOOSE? hmmm..
flower we can say the Maple Tree.. sort of a flower.
considering all the choices. make the CANADA GOOSE? hmmm..
flower we can say the Maple Tree.. sort of a flower.
As far as I remember, it came here with British immigrants a hundred years or so ago as house pets.
Canaries and budgies too. It was the Victorian thing to do. Canaries had important roles to play. They were the slaves to one of the first uses of health and safety acts ever passed.
La lune.
Is it too late to turn this into a vote?
# 1 The bird.
#2 Big Bird
#3 The Chicken Lady
Well that's good to know, because I think they're pretty (takes a mature eye to see... anyone can appreciate a bird splashed with primary colors) and I told a friend once that I thought they'd be neat to keep in a cage, and he told me I was nuts.
Hey Peter! *Pthhh...*
Absolutely!
The Maple TREE can be the official FLOWER of Canada. You should nominate that.
Cripes...
Hmm... well then... what other bird is native, and can be found coast to coast?
Two come to mind:
1) The Crow, which would correlate, in that the flock-name for crows is "a Parliament of Crows". Are crows found everywhere?
Or maybe...
2) The Seagull, which are found all over the prairies, even though there's not an ocean for a thousand miles. Are Seagulls found everywhere?
Is there any other bird people can think of which is so common coast-to-coast that those birds will be flitting around, and regardless of whether you're anywhere from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island, no Canadian will give it a second glace?
But the thing is... the Maple Tree is only found in eastern Canada.
They're not found coast-to-coast the way Dandelions are.
Crows are all over North Am.
Seagulls are spread out all over the planet.
Nonsense. We have tons of them here in BC. Both the red maple and the regular ones.
But that's besides the point anyway, the maple tree is not a flower.
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No chance that with that many differences there will EVER be a National Flower or a National Bird.
Unless, of course, Trudeau gets Himself resurrected, rules in His usual arbitrary way and says: "Just watch me!"
No chance that with that many differences there will EVER be a National Flower or a National Bird.
Unless, of course, Trudeau gets Himself resurrected, rules in His usual arbitrary way and says: "Just watch me!"
Maybe yes to Raven, because I've seen them every part of the country I've been in, but wild rose is only found on the prairies.
Sea Gulls are baffling.
They spend all winter in Mexican and Texan garbage dumps and go through all that effort to fly north to Canada to eat in Canadian garbage dumps. WTF is that all about?
Crows are cool and smart. I learned that if keep throwing rocks at a squawking crow it will take very devious revenge on you.
They spend all winter in Mexican and Texan garbage dumps and go through all that effort to fly north to Canada to eat in Canadian garbage dumps. WTF is that all about?
Crows are cool and smart. I learned that if keep throwing rocks at a squawking crow it will take very devious revenge on you.