Gray Jay by Anne Elliott.
Happy Canada Day! After being called the Gray Jay for almost sixty years, this bird will soon be known again by its previous name, the Canada Jay. There is also a movement under way to have it officially recognized as Canada’s National Bird. Read more about it and about this photo on Anne Elliott’s Flickr page.
Aalways knew them as Whiskey Jacks
So did I as a kid. “Whisky Jack” is an anglicization of the Cree Wisakedjak and similar variations used by nations in the Algonquian language family [from Canadian Geographic]. It will be hard for me to get used to “Canada Jay” after knowing them as “Gray Jay” for all these years of birding.-Bob