" I was afraid this is going to happen. Chickadees are devious little birds. All that cuteness and stuff. Chickadee this and chickadee that. It's all part of, like, a master plan ... "
--Trevor Harriot, bird guru
Did chickadee cheaters rig the results of Regina's official city bird vote? Are we talking voter fraud?
Blog pal Annie alerts me to stunning news that voters the eve of the count went to bed with the red-breasted nuthatch leading the flock...
Yet by morning, the chickadees had grabbed a win with 2,371 overnight votes.
"Find me 2,371 votes?"
Hmm, sound familiar?
"That chickadee cuteness … it gets into you like a brain-worm," Harriot sez. He's one of many who suspect fowl play.
"Pretty soon you find yourself up late at night trying to figure out ways to hack a voting system. I think I heard the same thing happen in Calgary." He calls it "chickadee voter fraud."
Is that how the chickadee became the Official City Bird of Calgary, Guelph, so many towns? Chickadee cheaters?
Our apologies to the nuthatch.
Black-capped Chickadees have a longer tail, a smaller bill, and are less compact than nuthatches. They also don't climb up and down tree trunks the way nuthatches do.
My vote would have gone to the winter crow.
They are admirably chatty, as they judge us.
Who else do you think they're talking about?
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