Eagles Landing
The Bald Eagle is the national bird of the United States of America. The founding fathers of the United States were fond of comparing their new republic with the Roman Republic, in which eagle imagery was prominent. On June 20, 1782, the Continental Congress adopted the still-current design for the Great Seal of the United States including a Bald Eagle grasping 13 arrows in one talon and an olive branch with 13 leaves in the other.
Breeding eagles are found throughout Washington State near large bodies of water. Most nesting habitat is located in the San Juan Islands and on the Olympic Peninsula coastline. Two-thirds of all nests occur on private land. The number of nesting pairs was stable at about 100 from the mid-1970s through the early 1980s. In 1998, about 600 nesting pairs were counted in Washington State. That number increased to 835 pairs as of September 15, 2008.
Originally, I had another idea for this cache, but decided to do something different after seeing the nearby sculpture. The cache is camouflaged to blend in with the surroundings. This is my first attempt with this type of cache, modeled after similar caches I have found in the past.
Please exercise caution while retrieving and replacing the log.
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