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Black Eagle GeoArt BE37 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 8/12/2018
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Gauteng West Rand Black Eagle GeoArt Series

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Welcome to the West Rand, Gauteng!

 The West Rand geocaching community is very proud to present BLACK EAGLE GEOART, the only GeoArt series to date in South Africa depicting the rare Black Eagle!

Apart from its rich cultural history, the West Rand in Gauteng, South Africa is also home to an extremely active geocaching community. The West Rand geocachers are a social bunch and meet at least once every month to share stories, swap experiences and trackables and enjoy each other's company.

We hope you will enjoy exploring the beauty of the West Rand, Gauteng!

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The cache is not at the listed coordinates. In order to obtain the final coordinates, you will have to solve the puzzle:

Part 4

The black eagle eats mammals, birds and eggs. It is a prolific nest-predator and is known for its slow flight just over the canopy. Due to this eagle's ability to remain aloft for long periods with minimal effort, the Lepcha people of India's Darjeeling district described it as a bird that never sat down. The curved claws and wide gape allow it to pick up eggs of birds from nests. Along with swallow-tailed kites they share the unique habit of carrying away an entire nest with nestlings to a feeding perch. Squirrels, macaques and many species of birds emit alarm calls when these birds are spotted soaring over the forest. The Indian giant squirrel has been noted as a prey of this species and young bonnet macaques may also fall prey to them. The courtship display involves steep dives with folded wings with swoops up in a U shape into a vertical stall. They build a platform nest, 3 to 4 feet wide, on a tall tree overlooking a steep valley. One or two white eggs which are blotched in brown and mauve may be laid during the nesting season between January and April. The nest site may be reused year after year.

S 26° 2.ABC' E 27° 37.DEF'

A = B = Max feet / 2
C = Max feet + Min feet
D = There are four words in the above paragraph with this amount of letters
E = Also rhimes with hive
F = Last month of laying season

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pnpur znl pbagnva n uvqqra uvag, Cyrnfr yrnir vg gurer, sbe bguref gb funer

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)