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Texas State Bird Multi-Cache

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Hoosier Ranger: Adios Texas. I'll miss the birds.

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Hidden : 12/28/2010
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:




This is a two-stage geocache. For the first stage, go to the above coordinates where you will find a plaque set in the ground titled "STATE BIRD: MOCKINGBIRD." There are four lines on the plaque describing why the Mockingbird was selected as the state bird of Texas.

For the decimal minutes of the N coordinate, count the number of letters in the following words:
A. Line 1, word 4
B. Line 1, word 8 (a date counts as one word)
C. Line 2, word 7

For the decimal minutes of the W coordinate, count the number of letters in the following words:
D. Line 3, word 2
E. For this coordinate number, how many times is the word "Cardinal" mentioned in line 3?
F. Line 3, word 4

The cache may be found about 300 feet away at coordinates:
N29 42.ABC
W095 49.DEF

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Guvf jbhyq or n svar fcbg gb ohvyq n arfg, fnat gur Zbpxvatoveq. Purfg-uvtu fbqnghor.

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)