"Wildlife Count" in Recovery Reports

[+PFF]

This is the last paragraph of a 1963 recovery report by CGS:

 

FW1508 REFERENCE MARKS SEARCHED FOR BUT NOT RECOVERED. THE SKETCH IN

FW1508 THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION AND TRUE N. ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT AND

FW1508 THE GRASS AND WASH IS SO HIGH MAKES RECOVERY DIFFICULT WITHOUT

FW1508 EXACT MEASUREMENTS AND DIRECTION. FIVE MOCCASIN WERE SEEN AND

FW1508 TWO KILLED NEAR THE STATION.

 

I believe the pattern is the same as for listing reference points; i.e., put the larger numbers first and go in descending order.

 

-Paul-

[mloser]

Why would a surveyor kill a pair of native American footwear? Did they spot any tennis shoes or sandals while there?

[ArtMan]

I'd be hard-pressed to locate the station now, but several years ago I recovered a disk (I think) a couple of inches below ground in a suburban lawn. The area was thick with wasps or bees, I forget which. I mentioned this in my report, at least my Geocaching log, just to provide fair warning to the next schmuck who also lacks sufficient sense to stay away.

 

Unfortunately, I failed to count the number of insects, not being aware at the time that I should have included that information in my log.

 

Consider me chastised, and I will endeavor to ensure this mistake is not repeated.

 

Unclear, however, from Paul's post is whether enumeration is also required for pests of the plant kingdom. Should poison ivy, for example, be described in a qualitative manner — "easily avoided," "minor annoyance," "pesky," "of biblical proportions" — or quantified? If the latter, what is the correct metric to use — plant, leaf, other?

 

Thank you for your guidance.

 

Numerically yours,

-ArtMan-

[+Harry Dolphin]

Dang! I've doing it all wrong!

 

For NGS, I reported the station:

LY2623 STATION RECOVERY (2007)

LY2623

LY2623'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2007 (PR)

LY2623'STATION RECOVERED PER 1990 RECOVERY LOG. HIKED UP THE ACROPOLIS

LY2623'TRAIL, FROM ROUTE 206 IN CULVERS GAP, TO SUMMIT OF MOUNTAIN. HALF

LY2623'INCH IRON BOLT LOCATED APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET BELOW THE SURFACE OF

LY2623'GROUND IN PIT AS DESCRIBED. PAINT AND TAPE FROM 1990 RECOVERY

LY2623'OBSERVED AT BOLT. RM1 (STAMPED 3), RM2 (STAMPED 2) AND RM3 (STAMPED

LY2623'2) RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED. RM3 IS APPROXIMATELY FOUR INCHES BELOW THE

LY2623'SURFACE

 

I reported the wildlife on the geocaching page:

LY2623

[+A tapeworm]

Why would a surveyor kill a pair of native American footwear? Did they spot any tennis shoes or sandals while there?

Ladyslippers, perhaps, in the spring - although less threatening than soggy moccasins. Any of which may be responsible for the carnage at NF0462