Gray Jay
These Gray Jay photos were sent to me by my niece, April Dawn Georgekish Gull, from her homelands on the Quebec shore of James Bay, near to her Cree village of Wemindji. The Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) is also known as the Canada Jay, Grey Jay, Whiskey Jack, Camp Robber, Whiskeychan (Cree language spelling), Venison Hawk, Lumberjack, Moose Bird, Meat Bird, Wisakedjak (anglicized to Whiskey Jack). The loose Gray Jay feather pictured below belonged to the Gray Jay pictured above. The Gray Jay was called the Canada Jay for decades, but the American Ornithological Society has now designated the bird the Gray Jay, but the name is still not official in Canada.
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Barry the Birder
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