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3rd grade Bird Watching Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 4/18/2009
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is a geocache puzzle. The cache is located at a mystery location. You need to solve the mystery to find the cache container. Additional hint added 1/2/12. Gosh...it just about gives it away!


Third grade completes a study unit on birds. One year, the 3rd grades in my school made a competition to see who could spot the most birds of each species during the week of April 15-22.

Joseph and his twin sister Hailey tied for 1st place with their numbers. But then, their peers started to complain that they had cheated. The twins quickly explained that they had traveled to the Bronx Zoo with their family. At the zoo, they had seen many enclosures housing birds of all kinds. They didn't think they had cheated because they only counted birds in the enclosures that were native to their home area.

What do you think? Did they cheat or not?

Joseph and Hailey Bird List

Bird Name Number Seen
ROBIN 7
KINGFISHER 6
BLUE JAY 0
GREAT BLUE HERON 2
RED TAIL HAWK 5
BLACK CAPPED CHICKADEE 8
EASTERN BLUEBIRD 0
FINCH 9
GRAY CATBIRD 3
ORIOLE 7
COMMON LOON 8
RING NECKED PHEASANT 4
RUFFED GROUSE 0
BARN SWALLOW 4
SCARLET TANAGER 5

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)