Current at 11/6/2011 (Online waypoint URL) You have already found this cache! Master Index    Nearest Caches Duck Head by OHMIC (1.5/1.5) N50° 10.052  W97° 07.983 (WGS84) UTM  14U   E 633329  N 5558926 Use waypoint: GC29VQR Size: Regular    Hidden on 6/6/2010 In Manitoba, Canada Difficulty:     Terrain:               A nice large container in an interesting location. Especially viewed from the air... In 1937, a group of conservation-minded sportsmen set out to contend with the destruction and neglect. They initiated habitat conservation projects in Canada—where 70 per cent of North America’s waterfowl originate—by raising funds in the United States. They called their effort Ducks Unlimited. <p> DUC was formed in 1938 to continue the conservation effort in Canada. More than 70 years later, DUC has grown and increased Canadian support and funding for wetland conservation. <p> DUC is still actively conserving wetlands in Canada. In fact, DUC’s conservation programs have secured 6.0 million acres of habitat and positively influenced 47 million acres more. DUC has become Canada’s most trusted and respected conservation organization. <p> DU Canada duck head logo was designed in 1970 by Ernie Wilson, Winnipeg artist and art director. The logo was immediately adopted as the corporate symbol for Canada’s largest organization dedicated to the conservation of waterfowl habitat. <p> The logo was adopted in 1983 by DU Inc , the sister organization in the USA and in 1992 by DU Australia and 1993 by DU New Zealand.

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8/1/2011 by Kabuthunk
After a bit of a detour that took me to the 'Island' cache a bit to the North, I finally came to what I had expected to be my third geocache. From the Island cache, I discovered that the path quickly degenerated to a grassy dyke trail. And I hesitate to use the term 'trail'... this is more like a grassy flat surface more than anything else . It appears as though at one point or another recently, a 4x4 or similar vehicle went along here, and created a set of parallel paths for me to walk my bike along. I was debating whether to bike along it or not, but figured I'd just walk since I was taking that time to dicatate into my voice recorder some notes and details from the previous three caches.

Unlike the last time I was at Oak Hammock marsh, this time my foray into the tall grasses seemed to yield very few mosquitoes. This was highly unexpected, since it was warm, humid (mosquitoes like humidity, right?), and I was the easiest source of food to them around. But I guess the many dragonflies were doing their jobs well, since I didn't receive a single mosquito bite the entire day (horseflies are a different matter). I eventually reached the top of a hill, that upon it had what looked like the least comfortable bench ever. The bench itself seemed fine enough... the wood looked like it could still hold someone's weight. However, it appears as though all of the thistles in the area had managed to grow through the slats in both the seat and the backrest. You'd be hard-pressed to find a spot on there that you could relax without having your butt and back full of thistle barbs.

So... no relaxing for me (which was a bit of a shame, since I was kinda in the mood to relax for a bit ). It looks like most of the traffic had paved a path down the hill up to the plaque attached to the large rock down there. All this time, I was still dictating the details of the first three caches, and in fact spotted the cache container itself while in the process of dictating. Thankfully however, I had caught up to that exact point in my travels and on the voice recorder, and so the two timelines met at this cache. I skimmed the memorial text while opening the cache container and checking out the contents. Yet another cache that would have been an excellent size to drop travelbugs in, if I hadn't already distributed them throughout the marsh and city. Unfortunately, I didn't notice that there is apparently supposed to be a travelbug currently IN the cache. Had I seen it, I would have picked it up to move along. I didn't go through the contents all that closely however .

I wondered for a bit if the cache would be visible right from the get-go to anyone who passes by, but after replacing the cache, I stepped back to where most people would stand to look at the plaque, and the container seemed to be completely hidden. So whatever works apparently. Heading back to the thistle-bench, I grabbed my bike and prepared to head off. The remainder of the caches generally being North of here, I decided to head back the way I came, and figured I would tackle that letterbox hybrid near the entrance since it's so conveniently quiet here today.

Although on a note about the shape of the pond... other people seem to comment on it being shaped like a duck head (although unfortunately I didn't notice that on my GPS at the time, only on the tiny map on the cache page), but to me it looks pretty much like the entire duck, in that pose of it floating on the water. The cache itself isn't really at the 'head' either... more like the neck . In either case, I imagine a pond this perfectly shaped has to have been made deliberately. Actually, it probably explains it on the info board or plaque... can't remember offhand. Should have read them a little closer it seems.

Took: Nothing
Left: Logbook entry and chainmail ball