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Texas Birding - Black Phoebe Letterbox Hybrid

Hidden : 1/20/2025
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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If this is your first time finding a Letterbox Hybrid geocache, bring a stamp that is meaningful to you. For example, I always have a corn-on-the-cob stamp with me when I am finding Letterbox Hybrid geocaches as I am MamaCobb. You will also need to bring a notebook with you to stamp using the stamp in the cache. I prefer pocket notebooks as they are easier to carry when geocaching.

*** Note: This cache is too small for an ink pad, so bring your own ink pad ***

North America's only small black-and-white flycatcher, and a common breeding species from California through the southwestern United States to Middle and South America, the Black Phoebe is invariably associated with water. Coastal cliffs, riverbanks, the shorelines of lakes and ephemeral ponds, cattle tanks, and fountains in parks are all favored habitats. Almost any semipermanent source of water with an accompanying source of mud, required for nest construction, is attractive to this species. In many areas, natural nest sites, such as sheltered rock faces, streamside boulders, and hollow cavities in trees, have largely given way to artificial nest sites provided by human-made structures. Such artificial sites have greatly increased breeding densities of this species in habitats where the lack of suitable nest sites once limited breeding. The traditionally limited availability of suitable nest sites has promoted strong nest-site tenacity in this species; individuals often reuse the same nest or nest site year after year.

Reference: Birds of the World - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

YCP

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)