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For the Birds 3 Traditional Cache

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jcfinder: Taking this down. No point in leaving it up without the puzzle.

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Hidden : 9/26/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Film Canister, please bring a writing stick. Yes - we know these are very easy.

***Congratulations to animjason for FTF!***

ps - yes - you are correct it is slightly obvious. based on the others you should be able to go right to it.

Out of curiosity, we were very interested about these “bird houses” along the road near Daniel’s Park. Unfortunately, it would be difficult to actually feed birds out of these houses. Looking up the origin of the term “For the Birds” we found this information on phrases.org/uk:

Meaning:
Trivial; worthless; only of interest to gullible people.

Origin:
This phrase is of American origin and, while still in use there, has never been commonly used elsewhere. It is US Army slang and originated towards the end of WWII. An early example of its use is this piece from The Lowell Sun, October 1944, in an interview with a Sergt. Buck Erickson, of Camp Ellis, Illinois:

"Don't take too seriously this belief that we have football at Camp Ellis solely for the entertainment of the personnel - that's strictly for the birds. The army is a winner... the army likes to win - that's the most fortunate thing in the world for America."

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jngpu guvf ivqrb: uggc://lbhgh.or/FgIzSw8VQDN

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)