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From: dgraham@kean.ucs.mun.ca (David Graham)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Camp Robbers
Message-ID: <136159@kean.ucs.mun.ca>
Date: 18 Sep 90 09:52:29 GMT
References: <127395@pyramid.pyramid.com>
Organization: Memorial University. St.John's Nfld, Canada
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In article <127395@pyramid.pyramid.com>, sandra@pyrtech.pyramid.com
(Sandra Macika) writes: 
> In article <9833@pogo.WV.TEK.COM> mikeb@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (Mike Bogar)
writes: 
>>Is the Gray Jay or the Clark's Nutcracker the bird that is commonly
>>referred to as a camp robber?  I thought it was the latter, but believe
> 
> "Camp Robber" refers to the Stellar's Jay (blue body, black crested head)
> hear in CA. Maybe several birds are called camp robbers depending on 
> who's doing the robbing!

In Newfoundland, where we don't have Clark's Nutcracker or Steller's 
Jay, Gray Jay is definitely known as a 'camp robber'. In parts of the 
island, it's hard to eat *anything* without having them gather, though 
they don't tend to be as aggressive as nutcrackers.

> Sandra
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