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ECTQ - Migratory Bird Flyway Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 5/12/2015
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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The Emmet County Transportation Quest Geo-trail will take participants on a tour to discover the interesting historic transportation places in the county. Each cache will provide a specific answer to a question on the passport. Information and the passport can be downloaded from the Emmet County web site http://www.emmetcounty.org/geocache/

Once 25 of the caches in this tour have been completed, the passport can be taken to Emmet County Building, Suite 178 or mailed to Beth Eckerle, Emmet County Building, Suite 178, 200 Division St., Petoskey, MI 49770 to receive a collectable souvenir coin for this series.

If you seek this cache, please bring a pen with you.

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The Straits of Mackinac area is an important pathway for migrating birds.  In spring the tapering shape of the Lower Peninsula funnels
large concentrations of migrating birds to Mackinaw City. Sometimes these birds linger here as they wait for the right conditions to cross the Straits and continue their journey north. In the fall, many of these same birds re-cross the Straits as they head to their winter homes.  Because of its geography, the Straits have become one of the best places in North America to observe and study migrating raptors.

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