The Canada Jay: The National Bird of Canada?

David M. Bird is an Emeritus Professor of Wildlife Biology at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec and now living on Vancouver Island, David has co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed papers, supervised 50 graduate students, mostly on birds of prey, and has written and/or edited more than a dozen nature books. Dan Strickland was the Chief Park Naturalist of Ontario’s famous Algonquin Park for 30 years, Dan played a leading role in creating the Park’s outstanding program to interpret its natural and human history to thousands of visitors. Ryan Norris is an Associate Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Guelph. Alain Goulet has had a passion for birds since a young age and this flourished throughout his studies which eventually saw him complete his B.Sc. in Wildlife Biology at the University of Guelph. Aaron Kylie is an experienced communications executive and journalist, focused on collaborating with individuals and groups to create inspiring multimedia content that shares purposeful stories — by showing, not telling. Indigenous visual artist, Mark Nadjiwan, is a member of the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation. He resides on their traditional territory on the Saugeen (Bruce) Peninsula in Ontario. Mark is a self-taught artist. Michel Gosselin was Bird Collection Manager at the Canadian Museum of Nature (1978-2016), author or co-author of over 400 publications (popular, refereed, reports, books, etc.) on birds. Colleen Rutherford Archer is the author of over 2000 articles and short stories, seven young adult novels, and numerous poems in various magazines and anthologies.