What should be the official Bird and Flower of Canada?

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Getting real, what should be the office Bird and Flower of Canada? Seriously.

I think the Official Bird of Canada should be the House Sparrow:



And I think the Official Flower of Canada should be the Dandelion:

 

Cliffy

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Getting real, what should be the office Bird and Flower of Canada? Seriously.

I think the Official Bird of Canada should be the House Sparrow:



And I think the Official Flower of Canada should be the Dandelion:
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.
 

petros

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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.

or maybe the loon.
La lune.

Is it too late to turn this into a vote?

# 1 The bird.


#2 Big Bird


#3 The Chicken Lady
 

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As far as I remember, it came here with British immigrants a hundred years or so ago as house pets.
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...*

:p
 

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Came with with the brits and other twits.

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?


Absolutely!

The Maple TREE can be the official FLOWER of Canada. You should nominate that.

Cripes...
But the thing is... the Maple Tree is only found in eastern Canada.

They're not found coast-to-coast the way Dandelions are.
 

AnnaG

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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?
Crows are all over North Am.


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?
Seagulls are spread out all over the planet.


But the thing is... the Maple Tree is only found in eastern Canada.

They're not found coast-to-coast the way Dandelions are.
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.
 

AnnaG

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I was going to suggest the raven also. And the Indian Paintbrush
is pretty spread out as well as Fireweed
.
 

AnnaG

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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.
Nonsense. They grow wild along the roads here as well as uninhabited places.
 

petros

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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.