The Cache Is Not At The Posted Coordinates
6/23/10: Changed hint due to foliage maturing and growing.
Thanks to Blondie876 for providing the cache container. It was the FTF prize in “Along The River 1” (GC12E2W).
I added ½ star to terrain for possible mosquitoes at the end in springtime. Wear long sleeves or go early. Gravel trail with almost no bushwhacking. Well, at least you don't have to walk cross country. Stay on or within 1 or 2 feet of the gravel.
Though some call them ‘pond ducks’, the preferred name of course is ‘marsh ducks’. In my humble opinion, marsh ducks are much more interesting than bay ducks, sea ducks or tree ducks. The first four below are surface feeding ducks and the other four are diving ducks. All are found in the Puget Sound region.
Pintail = 1, Mallard = 2, Am. Widgeon = 3, Wood Duck = 4, etc.
(A) This male duck has a shiny white crown and a glossy green patch on its head. In flight it has a large white patch in the inner forewing. The female is ruddy brown with a whitish forewing and belly and a gray head and neck.
(B) The male is known for the glossy green head and a narrow white collar. It is grayish with chestnut brown and has a white tail with black upturned central feathers. The female is mottled and brown with a whitish tail.
(C) This duck has a needle-like tail more pronounced in the male than the female, a white breast and a pointed white stripe on the side of the neck, and a white patch near the black stern.
(D) This duck is highly colored. Look at the dark square tail, the short neck and the downward pointing bill. Note the face pattern of the male shown. The female has a white patch surrounding the eye, and is dark brown with light flanks and a white belly.
(E) This is one of the smallest ducks. Males are mostly white with black back. The head looks puffy and has a great white patch from eye around the back of the head. Has large white wing patches in flight.
(F) This duck looks dark and bizarre. The male is a smallish blue-gray duck with chestnut sides and odd white patches and spots. It looks dark and stubby in flight.
(G) This duck has been described as dark at both ends and light in the middle. Males have whiter flanks, rounder heads and the heads are glossed with green.
(H) This has a long sloping head profile. The male is whitish with a rusty-red head and neck, a black breast and a long blackish bill. The female is grayish with a little pale red on the head and neck.
There is no multiplication implied.
The cache is at N47 (H-D)(A+B-E).FA(H-B) W122 1A.H(G-C)(F-E)
Added Aug. 9, 2007:
You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.
Have fun caching.