GC68XHE Traditional Cache Bird Brain
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 3 out of 5 | Terrain: 2 out of 5
By: Path Pacer @ | Hide Date: 12/30/2015 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 22.705 W105° 30.466 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
No Dogs  Recommended for kids  Takes less than an hour  Scenic view  Parking available  Public transportation  Drinking water nearby  Public restrooms nearby  Picnic tables nearby  Field Puzzle  Short hike (less than 1km)  Tourist Friendly 

Park at the Estes Park Visitor Center and walk down the lake trail. The cache is located near the shoreline with a lovely view of the lake. 

Established in 1997, the Matthews-Reeser Bird Sanctuary occupies over three acres of riparian willow habitat in the northwest corner of Lake Estes. Situated between the lake and the Big Thompson River, this small area is a migrant trap that attracts species not normally found in the Colorado mountains, such as warblers from the east and Sage Sparrows from the west. Over 220 species have been observed, including Sandhill Cranes, Peregrine Falcons, Bald Eagles, and Trumpeter Swans. People come from across the country to view some of the rare birds that can be found here, particularly during the spring migration in April and May.

This is a field puzzle cache. You must find and sign the official log. (A piece of paper shoved in with the swag won't cut it.) This is also a very popular area, particularly in summer, so please REHIDE THE CACHE AS YOU FOUND IT. Every time I've checked on it, it's been moved. Also, don't force the secret compartment. It opens very easily once you've figured out the mechanism.


 Custom URLs

Add cache to watch list
Log your visit
Picture Gallery

 Nearby Caches

GC39ZAN -TwoCs- The Twin's Travel Bug Hotel (Reb (1.31 kms NW)
GC88Z2Y A Rock on a Tee (3.73 kms N)
GC4W4NN Hiking With The Kids: Elkhorn Creek (41.55 kms N)
GC4W560 One Good Deed (43.43 kms E)
GC81X1R Fence rocks (46.23 kms S)

    


Driving Directions

 Logs

10 Logs: Found it 9  Owner Maintenance 1  

Found it 06/12/2019 By mosaicmama
I tried for two days to get to this one. The elks are all around, protecting their newborn babies. Today they had moved to the golf course and it was safe and respectful to find it. Nice, something different. THANKS! Gets a favorite point.

Owner Maintenance 06/03/2019 By Path Pacer
Checked up on this one today. Very nicely rehidden. I almost couldn't find it myself!

Found it 06/01/2019 By MMPD K9
Found easily. The wooden box was a very nice touch. TFTC. TNLN

Found it 05/18/2019 By Geo^seeker
First trip to Colorado and first Geo found for us

Found it 05/13/2019 By Diz&Dave
Greetings from the UK?. We are on our holidays!!! We are on a 12-day road trip around Colorado, Utah and Wyoming (a geocaching road trip from Denver to Yellowstone and back again), staying in Air BnB’s en route. Day 1: One cache near the first Air BnB to get us started Day 2: Morning caching around Denver and then headed out on the Mount Evans scenic route ?Day 3: Denver to Colorado Springs, collecting a few caches en-route. Made a snap decision to head out to collect some earthcaches , discovered the amazing Garden of the Gods , Manitou Springs, and the lovely Memorial park. Day 4: A trip up to Pike’s Peak and then a slow cache and dash to Glenwood Springs ? . Day 5: Cached to Vernal via Craig and a scenic drive through the National Dinosaur Monument to Harper’s corner . Day 6: Set off from Vernal, visited the brilliant National Dinosaur Monument , then drove the scenic roadway to Rock Springs, more caching en-route. Day 7: Today was Wildlife Day! Rock Springs to Jackson, and the Teton National park. We saw: Pronged antelope, 2 Moose(s), Bighorn Mountain, Elk herds , an osprey . Day 8: The day we saw three bears !! to West Yellowstone, collected a cache in Idaho. Arrived Yellowstone late morning and had a fantastic time in Yellowstone , amongst the Bison. We had a lot of snow showers???. We watched Old Faithful and did lots of of geography homework earthcaches and virtuals . Day 9: A great morning exploring Yellowstone Park -tastic and loved the stroll around the mud pots. On the long, slow drive to Lander, were we spotted Pronghorns and Mountain Sheep – in the road! We did some caching en-oute, as well as stopping for some chocolates from the Cowboy Chocolatier in Meeteetse. Day 10: Today we met up with a local cacher, who had kindly offered to show us the sights/caches of Lander. And… had an amazing day, not only did we pick up some fun caches, we walked some beautiful trails, in great company and learnt a lot about the local history. Original Wildman was incredibly generous with his time and his hospitality. Day 11. A cache and dash to Cheyenne via Laramie, saw lots of Pronghorns and Jack rabbits , collected 23 caches and spotted some very large cowboy boots in downtown Cheyenne.
Day 12: Our penultimate day, and last full day started with a great breakfast at Epic Egg ,we then started the drive to Denver, with a final epic days caching as we had several challenge caches to pick up (with great D/T ratings) and some by Egreog, as his came recommended by the Original Wildman . We also decided after a morning urban caching to take a tour out to Estes Park , and collect some of Bug Rangers’ very creative caches . This meant that we arrived at our BnB quite late, but our hostess was amazing, and we then headed out for a late dinner, minding Meadowlark, which had fab food, and now pack to pack and log, before a last morning in downtown Denver – 38 caches in all today.

A stroll in the hot sun, a bit of wandering and Dave suddenly spotted the tree and Diz the cache, then Dave very quickly worked out how to sign the log. Well-maintained cache. TFTC

Found it 10/25/2018 By apple nut
Nice hide. The puzzle box made it very interesting and fun.

Found it 10/14/2018 By DestinationUnknown81
TFYC SL!! TOok a minute.

Found it 10/02/2018 By GarciaCachers
Finds like this are why we geocache! THANK YOU!!!

Found it 09/21/2018 By Cylifornia
Found on a beautiful day. There is no log though.
Update: Went back for a second look to show my wife and did indeed find the log hidden in a secret place.

Found it 09/19/2018 By GrayFinders2
Beautiful fall day for this cache. We didn't see lots of bird, as many of them may have migrated by now. Figured out the puzzle pretty quickly. Thanks for the cache.