This cache is NOT at the posted coordinates. You need to solve the puzzle to get the final coordinates.
This is part of the FeatherFriends 2K Series. There is a clue in this cache, and it will help you find the final: Bird Watching - FeatheredFriends 2K Series Final (click GC1157J). The final cache was published in 2007, to honor a great cacher and his accomplishments. He now has over 66,000 finds and over 100 hides. A big THANKS to FeatheredFriends for all he has done for the geocaching community.
PUZZLE:
The selection of state birds began in 1927, when the legislature for 7 states selected their state bird. The last state to choose its bird was in 1973. All 50 states have a state bird. Some states also have a state game bird.
To go to a website with a chart that list the state, state bird, picture & year designated click State Birds.
FINAL COORDINATES =
North Louisiana New Hampshire Vermont Nevada.Iowa Pennsylvania Mississippi
West North Carolina Minnesota Hawaii Alaska.Wisconsin Alabama Oklahoma
| 0 = Baltimore Oriole |
1 = Bluebird |
2 = Blue Hen Chicken |
| 3 = Brown Pelican |
4 = Brown Thrasher |
5 = California Gull |
| 6 = California Quail |
7 = Cardinal |
8 = Chickadee |
| 9 = Common Loon |
0 = Goldfinch |
1 = Hermit Thrush |
| 2 = Lark Bunting |
3 = Meadowlark |
4 = Mockingbird |
| 5 = Nene |
6 = Purple Finch |
7 = Rhode Island Red |
| 8 = Ring-necked Pheasant |
9 = Roadrunner |
0 = Robin |
| 1 = Ruffed Grouse |
2 = Scissor-tailed Flycatcher |
3 = Willow Ptarmigan |
| 4 = Wren |
5 = Yellowhammer |
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