VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Civic politicians can only dream of numbers like this!

More than 700,000 votes were cast in the contest to name Vancouver’s official bird for 2015. But in the end, the race wasn’t even close.

The Black-Capped Chickadee is Vancouver’s new official city bird, claiming top spot in an online vote that finished on Saturday.

The tiny bird manged to bring over 277,000 votes, beating the second-place finisher, the Varied Thrush, which picked up just over 200,000 votes.

The chickadee will take over the crown at the end of this year from his predecessor, the Northwestern Crow, and will get to appear on promotional material for the city for at least one year.

Anna’s Hummingbird was a distant third in the voting.