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What about the Red Breasted Nuthatch? wav file The wav file has four notes but I usually hear them in threes around here.

That would have been my second guess. Chose Swainson's first because Varied Thrush (aka Oregon Robin) are usually pretty easy to find whereas Swainson's are all but impossible to see most times.

Does the Sibley guide have everything I'm likely to see in the PNW? Yes, it includes (almost?) every bird that's ever been seen in the United States. 810 species.

Is it a Swainson's Thrush? wav file

Best guide is Sibley'sfield guide. But it's too big to carry in the field for most people. A smaller, easier to carry guide is Peterson's. And if you want photos rather than drawings then you get Stoke's. Oops! Forgot to add, the latter two are Eastern US (or Western US for those of us that live in the better part of America ) only.

I keep meaning to ask over there but I can do it here instead I guess. What's the drill for the pancake breakfast? Ticked we're going to miss your event Wander Lost but we need to be in Redding that night.

As long as you're merging topics perhaps you could merge words too. Since when is milestone two words? Oh, and thanks for merging the topics.

Why? Was he wearing a shirt with his name on the back? I've never heard of having to see the back of their neck. I checked 5 ID books and none of them mentioned that. From the photo (assuming the eyes were dark on the actual bird) I'm fairly confident it's a Barred Owl. Those streaks are pretty distinctive in that photo. It also looks larger, seems to have an orange-yellow bill, and it's neck (the front) looks more like a barred than a spotted. And it's too light for a Pacific Spotted Owl which is the only kind you'd find up there. Of course, the best ID would have been it's call.

It's a Barred Owl. Those are bars on it's belly not spots.

Is there any other kind of reply?

What do you consider this?

Here's my georide in a couple of webcam photos: And in the snow:

It's actually just across the bridge from 84 on Hwy 14 but we really enjoyed Trilithons in Maryhill.

Anyone can bird by ear. It's simple. The trick is to say the name of the bird REALLY LOUDLY. Scares the bird away and no one can prove you were wrong.

I too am "guilty" of birding while caching. Most of my Grays Harbor caches are in spots popular with birders but unknown to the non-birding world. An example: Christmas Bird Count - A Pectoral Sandpiper near another one of my caches.

Don't forget: Oregon caches per 100,000 people: 144

I get that too.

Yeah, that was the second thing I mentioned. Just a parenthical comment at the end of a cache description, hardly seems to be in the spirit of an earthcache. I guess I was just expecting earthcache's to be a lot more informational than this one. If these are the standards any waterfall, river, mountain, stream, cliff, lake, etc. can become an earthcache. Just include a generic explanation of what forces make waterfalls, rivers, mountains, streams, cliffs, lakes, etc. somewhere in the description. It seems to be a great spot for a cache and it's too bad that physical caches aren't allowed there. I doubt many people will be too upset that the cache brought them to that preserve. It just seems like a pretty poor earthcache.

Hmmmmm.............. TRY READING THE CACHE PAGE! You may learn a little. Duhhh !!!!!! I hate to agree with Mopar but I checked out the waterfall Earthcache and I just don't see how it fits into the earthcache guidelines. EarthCaches must provide earth science lessons. They take people to sites that can help explain the formation of landscapes or to sites of interesting phenomena such as folds, faults, intrusions or reveal how scientists understand our Earth (such as fossil sites etc.). I've read the cache page and it just tells me about the park. Where's the earth science lesson? I only see two things about earth science at all in the cache page. 1) brief mention that water affects sandstone and 2) a parenthetical comment at the bottom about what gorges are. I'm disappointed in the direction earthcaches have gone. I was concerned they would simply become replacements for virtual caches. When do I get to go to Huskers house for the next earthcache?

That sucks you two. Hope you can make it to Port Townsend in the fall!

Cool, thanks guys. I knew the trailhead for Banner Forest was on the other road glad there's one closer. Any word on Depression?

I'm curious about the Banner Forest caches; numbers 59 & 60. Is there closer parking for them than the other Banner Forest caches or is there another reason these 2 were chosen and the other traditionals were not? Log Walk Cache & I TOT I TAW A PUTTY TAT

I'd never seen that APE cache icon (). I like it better.

Add the TBs on the second page of this list. If you want to get a shot at getting some close to Portland.

Indian Lore did end up getting archived because of the CM. It probably would have ended up being archived eventually anyway but the CM did seem to bring the issue to a head. Most of the cemetaries on the route are small ones that shouldn't be any kind of problem. I would like to suggest people are on their best behaviors though on Veterans East and Veterans West. It's a nice military cemetary in a military town and very open to the road. Chances are with two caches from the same parking spot a large group will show up. Shouldn't be a problem though.