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giveuschannel83 t1_j5g0yxx wrote
I met some up in northern Minnesota. Took like all of 10 minutes of standing outside to get them eating out of my hand. They’re so cute and fluffy too ❤️
joysef99 t1_j5g9sxd wrote
As a fellow gray jay lover with the same surname, I approve of this message.😍
Andrew_Lollo-Baloney t1_j5hostn wrote
And omen of good fortune AND an omen of danger? 😬
venator_rexler t1_j5ffap2 wrote
Whiskey Jack!
Vegan-Cheez t1_j5fns2r wrote
Jealous!!
MaineNaughtyMan t1_j5fuq01 wrote
They’re super chill and friendly
bigtencopy t1_j5fuddz wrote
Gorbus
Cosmoplasma t1_j5gngx4 wrote
I love gray jays. Always a welcome sight to see these guys upta.
GregDaviesEyebrow t1_j5fpz1i wrote
Does your friend have a name?
MaineNaughtyMan t1_j5fuomc wrote
Well I met him up north so I call him Canadian Jay
Volator t1_j5gbx1g wrote
That's what we call them too. They'll easily come pick peanuts from your hand. They like people for some reason.
MaineNaughtyMan t1_j5gc07l wrote
Super friendly lil birds.
Ifellinahole t1_j5h4xl3 wrote
Wow... braging about having a friend...
MaineNaughtyMan t1_j5ha80f wrote
Some of us don’t have many
OriginalGordol t1_j5fuoid wrote
Post this to r/aww
MaineNaughtyMan t1_j5fuxeg wrote
Tried but said I gotta be a trusted member haha
xoRubyRogueox t1_j5jk3x4 wrote
I love this! ❤️ So lucky
Huckleberry-Powerful t1_j6mfaz2 wrote
Does anyone else calls these Gorbeys? I was in my 30's before I learned that they were also called Grey Jays
Guygan t1_j5femxo wrote
Gray Jays are renowned for being super interactive and friendly with humans. This is so cool.
> Found throughout Canada, the bird is popularly known by several colloquial names. One is "whisky jack", a variation on the name of Wisakedjak, a benevolent trickster and cultural hero in Cree, Algonquin, and Menominee mythologies. Alternate spellings for this name include wesakechak, wiskedjak, whiskachon, and wisakadjak. The Tlingit people of northwestern North America know it as kooyéix or taatl'eeshdéi, "camp robber". According to the Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia, each of the seven stars of the Big Dipper depicted a different bird; the star Eta Ursae Majoris in the night sky was a Canada jay, Mikjaqoqwej. In anishinaabemowin, or the Ojibwe language, the bird is known as gwiingwiishi."... the whisky jack is revered by indigenous peoples as an omen of good fortune and a warning of danger. Niigaanwewidam Sinclair, an associate professor and acting head of the department of native studies at the University of Manitoba, explained why the mischievous yet wise grey jay is important to the Anishinaabe people. "To my people, the Anishinaabe, she is Gwiingwiishi", Sinclair said in a post published by Canadian Geographic magazine. "Gwiingwiishi is a great, wise teacher, and there is an old story that tells of her abilities to give gifts...