Calgarians weigh in on the race to name Canada's national bird

In a place as vast as Canada, can one bird represent the nation?

Image | The common loon, Ontario's provincial bird

Caption: The common loon, Ontario's provincial bird (CanadianGeographic.ca)

The Canadian Geographic’s National Bird Project is asking Canadians to help find a species that can represent this nation of forest, prairie grassland, Arctic and sub-Arctic, maritime and wetland, agricultural and urban.
The Calgary Eyeopener's David Gray spoke with Canadian Geographic magazine's editor Aaron Kylie about the search.
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Eyeopener listeners weighed in on Twitter: