Quaint and Curious

The Grey Jay is a small bird native to mountain tree regions. They tend to be very friendly to humans, especially since they depend on novel food sources. Such familiarity has resulted in a number of different nicknames, lumberjack, meat-bird, camp robber, moose-bird, venison-hawk, gorby, and, as I call these bold birds, the Whiskey Jack.

Against the Sky

This picture was taken from an airplane high above the Southern coast of Greenland. The airplane was at 40,000 ft flying over from LHR airport, London to TPI airport, Toronto. Normally this plane route flies over the North Atlantic, but sometimes diverts further North to avoid storms or strong currents in the planned route.