🐧 The Dodo's Fifty Feathered Friends Challenge 🐦 Mystery Cache
Hidden : 9/6/2013
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
4.5 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is at the posted coordinates, and can be signed at any time. (Which may be a challenge in itself...) But you must first meet the requirements below before you can log a smiley on this challenge.

We already have a local Animal Challenege (GC378D3) and a Fish Challenge (GC3T1M0). So I thought I'd be the one to put out a local Bird Challenge!

In order to qualify for this challenge you must have found at least 50 different caches with birds names in the title, AND have at least 3 different cache types included in that list!
You must post some form of proof or list that you found enough qualifying caches, whether it's a list of names & GC's, spreadsheet, bookmark, ect. If typing out a list please mention which geocaches have the required 3 different types.

Some brief rules to follow:
-Any cache type can be included in your list, even event/CITO caches. Again there must be at least 3 different cache icons/types in your list of 50!
-Extinct birds (Moa, Passenger Pigeon, ect.) will be accepted, and yes you can count this cache toward your total.
-I will also count colors (Red-breasted Nuthatch, Blue Jay, ect.) but each color can only be used once.
-I will accept partial bird names. (ex:B Movies #1: The Deadly Bees, for "bee-eaters", or Paint the Night, for "Nightjar". If using partial names each part can also only be used once. Ex: "rock"(wren) or "bush"(tit) could only be used once.
-No duplicate names are allowed, and the generic term "Bird" by itself can only be used once, unless you use different variations of it like "fowl" or "chick". I will also accept different sub-species of the same bird if included in the caches title. For example: Hawk - Eye, Red Shouldered Hawk, and Cooper's Hawk! would all be fine separately, as they're 3 different birds. (1 general, 2 specific)
-I will even allow you to use the following bird related wildcard terms: Egg, Nest, Feather, & Beak. You many only use each of these ONCE!
-Mythical birds (phoenix, firebird) DO NOT COUNT!
-Famous bird names (Tweety, Polly, ect.) also DO NOT COUNT! Sorry.

I have posted a note of my own qualifying caches for reference if it helps.

To make this challenge extra rewarding I've given it a rarer D/T combination, but I've hidden it in a way to keep it true to the rating. However a true resourceful cacher like myself will be able to figure out a way around it without too much trouble.

Big congratulations to caccbag for getting FTF, and grabbing the cache in the most difficult way possible!
Another congratulations to TeamOttlet for being first to qualify using only actual bird names!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

N oveq pbhyq teno gur pnpur irel rnfvyl!

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)


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