Melanerpes carolinus Traditional Cache

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Roadragetrx: This series has had a good run will be picking up the container this week thank you to all who have found it and enjoyed it!!

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Hidden : 3/27/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Please obey all signs and walk around the playing fields. This cache brings you back to a Queensbury Gem the Ridge Jenkinsville Park Enjoy. Bring your own pen.

"Melanerpes carolinus" AKA Red Bellied Woodpecker ID: black & white barring on back; white patches on rump & topside base of primaries; reddish tinge on belly. Male: red forehead, crown & nape. Female: red on nape only. Juvenile: dark gray crown; streaked breast Size: L 9 - 10 1/2in W 16in Status: Common year round resident, localized in the Genesee Vally -Finger lakes region; breed from April to June Habitat: mature deciduous woodlands; occasionally in wooded residential areas. Nesting: in a cavity; female selects one of several nest sites excavated by the male; pair may use a natural cavity or the abandoned cavity of another woodpecker; pair incubates 4 - 5 white eggs for 12 -14 days; both adults raise the young. This cache is one of 6 caches in a series 1. Carduelis tristis (GC1P769)= A 2. Icterus galbula (GC1P772)= B 3. Cardinalis cardinalis (GC1P8DQ)= C 4. Cyanocitta cristata (GC1P8EB)= J 5. Spizella passerina (GC1P8CG)= S 6. Melanerpes carolinus (GC1P75M)= W On the bottom of each cache there will be a number which the letter equals. You will need to find all 6 in order to find the Backyard Birds mystery cache.(GC1P74Q

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