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B.C. OFFICIAL BIRD

Stellar’s Jay in the lead

THE LYNN Canyon Ecolugy Cen-
tre has been keeping tabs on the
voting for the title of B.C.’s bird,
and so far the Stellar’s Jay unof-
ficially feads the race.

Out of 129 votes cast during the
past month, 41 were for the
Stellar’s Jay. The endangered
Peregrin Falcon runs a not-so-close
second place with 26 votes.

Of the other birds, the Rufous

Like the Dipper, the Steller’s Jay
is found from Alaska to Central
America in coniferous forests. its
centre of numerical abundance is
in California, while the Varied
Thrush has its centre of distribu-
tion in B.C., where the orange and
slate-blue thrush is common in the
province’s forests and at North
Shore feeding stations in the
winters,

A few Rufous hummingbirds
spend the winter at local hum-
mingbird feeders, but the vast ma-
jority go to Mexico and return in
the spring.

People wishing to vote for
B.C.’s Provincial Bird should con-
tact the Ecology Centre for a
voting ballot, and then send it on
to the Victoria counting office. For
more information call 987-5922.

43 - Wednesday, October..14,:1987.~. Norttr Shore. News.

hummingbird has 18, the Varied
Thrush 15; the Trumpeter Swan
12; the Harlequin duck four; the
Great Blue Heron three; and the
Common Loon two. The
American Dipper, Raven, Sandhill
Crane, ‘‘Whiskey Jack,” Mallard,
“Sea Gull,’”’ Crow and Roufous-
Sided Towhee have one vote each.

The American Dipper has been
hit by the free trade talks, the nat-
uralists at the centre joke. The
dipper is the only song bird that
swims under water and is found on
mountain creeks throughout B.C.,
but it is also found all the way into
Central America.

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