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Crow Chase Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/7/2014
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This is the fourth in our bird-chase series of caches.  The first, Goose Chase (GC2K3AF), was based on the ability of those amazing birds to imprint a code into their formations to reveal their destination.  The second, Gull Chase (GC456MN), was built upon a more spiritual avian communication process.  The third, Swallow Chase (GC4Y87E), utilized birdsong to identify a target location.


The ubiquitous American Crows too have  a code,  which it is believed they use to locate specific trees for their nightly noisy swarmings.

The Institute for Bird Populations is a non-profit corporation dedicated to research and dissemination of information on the abundance, distribution, and ecology of birds, and to facilitating scientifically informed conservation of birds and their habitats.

From them we also learn that American Crows undertake short distance migration, utilize mid-story canopy nesting,  produce  clutches of between 3 and 8 which they incubate for 18 days and have a diet of mostly seeds, but also insects, carrion, fruit, nuts and eggs.

The above information and a bit of sleuthing should allow the seeker to find the decimal minutes of a crow-friendly, and cache-friendly, roosting spot.


Crow Chase


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ragre sebz abegurnfg bs zbfg qverpg ebhgr sebz znva ebnq gb nibvq cevingr cebcregl. Fabjfubrf be obbgf, qrcraqvat.

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)