A large, assertive flycatcher with rich reddish-brown accents and a lemon-yellow belly, the Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) is a common bird of Eastern woodlands. Its habit of hunting high in the canopy means it’s not particularly conspicuous—until you learn its very distinctive call, an emphatic rising whistle. Their clear, rising reep calls are a very common sound in summer. Great Crested Flycatchers are sit-and-wait predators, sallying from high perches (usually near the tops of trees) after large insects, returning to the same or a nearby perch. These flycatchers swoop after flying insects and may crash into foliage in pursuit of leaf-crawling prey. They are the only Eastern flycatchers that nest in cavities, and this means they sometimes make use of nest boxes. I have had them nest in my Purple Martin house, plugging all the holes, except the one they used. They weave shed snakeskin into their nest. Where it's readily available, as in Florida, nearly every nest contains snakeskin. They also seem to look for flimsy, crinkly nest materials—they’ve also used onion skins, cellophane, or plastic wrappers.
After placing the cache, I was trying to determine what to call it, and a Great Crested Flycatcher across the ditch in the trees helped me out by vocalizing. The container is a camouflaged plastic jar with a logbook and a few trade items. You will need to bring your own writing stick. There is plenty of parking along the wide road shoulder. Since all the caches are on the west side of the road, I would suggest starting from the north and working south.