A bird descends through the falling snow above the mountains of Vancouver Island. Its plumage is a near perfect match of the leaden clouds above. About the size of an American robin, the Canada jay alights on a branch and fixes its gaze on the pair of humans standing in snowshoes below. Brian Payton reports. Brian is the award-winning author of Shadow of the Bear, The Ice Passage and the national bestselling novel The Wind Is Not a River. Published Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/28/Naturalist-Lovable-So-Good-Very-Bold-Jay/