camp robber

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camp robber

See gray jay.

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camp robber - a jay of northern North America with black-capped head and no crest; noted for boldness in thievery

Canada jay, gray jay, grey jay, Perisoreus canadensis, whisker jack

jay - crested largely blue bird

genus Perisoreus, Perisoreus - Canada jays

Perisoreus canadensis capitalis, Rocky Mountain jay - a Canada jay with a white head; widely distributed from Montana to Arizona

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Come on you old Camp Robber you, let's go find Margaret.

But you, you see grey jays, common camp robbers, bandit birds hauling off crazy stuff like books and babies.

Brewing trouble

The squirrels hate him anyway, on account of his digging out their pine nut caches, and the magpies and jays and camp robbers will alway scold him as long as he is in sight.