Medium camo'd coffee jar hidden just off a quiet path. No need to damage any greenery, should be visible if you look in the right spot! There is some room for trade-ables and trackables.
We've decided to add to the hint as it seems to be harder than expected to find!
There is Geo-caching patch for the First Time Finder
This write up is better in Web view.
If you take something, please leave something! Please put back in the exact the same spot, as hidden as possible!
Cloverdale has some pretty amazing birds trying to live their lives in an increasingly urban area. This series will highlight some of them.
Black-headed Grosbeak
In western North America, the sweet song of the Black-headed Grosbeak caroling down from the treetops sounds like a tipsy robin welcoming spring. The flashy black, white, and cinnamon males and the less flamboyant females sing from perches in suburbs, desert thickets, and mountain forests. At feeders they effortlessly shuck sunflower seeds with their heavy bills. The showy male puts in equal time on the domestic front: both sexes sit on the eggs, feed the young, and feistily defend their nesting territory.
Listen for the Black-headed Grosbeak's rich, lilting song in the treetops and its abrupt spik call as it gleans in dense foliage from spring through summer. It may be easiest to spot at sunflower seed feeders, but you may catch a glimpse of it in almost any diverse habitat, especially those with a few large trees and complex understory.
In central Mexico, where monarch butterflies and Black-headed Grosbeaks both spend the winter, the grosbeaks are one of the butterflies' few predators. Toxins in the monarch make them poisonous to most birds, but Black-headed Grosbeaks and a few others can eat them. They feed on monarchs in roughly 8-day cycles, apparently to give themselves time to eliminate the toxins.
Both male and female Black-headed Grosbeaks are loud songsters. The female's song is generally a simplified version of the male song. Occasionally, the female sings a full "male" song, possibly to deceive its mate about the presence of intruders and get him to spend more time at the nest. Smart woman!
Other than back yard feeders, an easy place to spot them in late spring and summer is the boardwalk in Campbell Valley Park.
(Write-up courtesy of www.allaboutbirds.org)
Male Black-headed Grosbeak (photo by Paul Higgins at http://www.utahbirds.org)
Female Black-headed Grosbeak (photo from audubon.org)
Black-headed Grosbeak range map (photo from www.sdakotabirds.com)