Canada does not officially have a national bird, but the Royal Canadian Geographical Society has one in mind.
The gray jay, also known as the whiskey jack or the Canada jay, is Canadian Geographic's suggestion.
The Society made its suggestion at its annual College of Fellows Dinner in Ottawa Wednesday night.
The little gray bird can be found in all 13 provinces and territories, and stays in Canada year-round. The bird is also considered important to Canada's indigenous peoples.
Canadian Geographic held an online vote looking for suggestions. The common loon garnered almost twice as many votes as the gray jay: 13,995 votes for the loon to the jay's 7,918.
But Canadian Geographic says one of the reasons they chose the gray jay over the loon, or snowy owl (which earned 8,948 votes) is that the gray jay is not already a Provincial bird. The loon is the Provincial bird of Ontario, and the snowy owl is the Provincial bird of Quebec.
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society's aim with their National Bird Project was to declare an official bird for Canada by 2017.