GC48TY1 Traditional Cache Extinct Animal: Colombian Grebe
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: poolsharkycat @ | Hide Date: 03/31/2013 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 25.242 W104° 05.116 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
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The Colombian grebe was an aquatic bird native to the Bogota wetlands in Colombia. The population of these subspecies of grebe was largely hit by loss of habitat and predation. Wetland drainage, siltation and reed harvest led to destruction of Colombian grebe habitat to a great extent. More importantly, predation by rainbow trouts and hunting by humans curbed the growth of grebe population in this area, with only 300 individuals surviving by 1968. The Colombian grebe population further declined drastically with only a few sightings reported in 1970s, with the last sighting being reported in 1977.
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8 Logs: Found it 8  

Found it 05/27/2019 By EJBHGV
Out caching on Memorial Day near Deer Trail.
Mostly Extinct animals and Days in October.
Thanks to al CO's for making the game possible.

Found it 05/03/2019 By Unkle Fester
A nice little caching day, to Sunflower Mountain and back.... TFTC

Found it 09/04/2018 By Mean Kitty
Find #49142

Its been a long hot summer in Texas, I've been trying to get out and do a caching trip a couple of times this summer, but it never worked out. Finally managed to get a week off, and am so happy to be out here in Colorado. The weather if perfect, and there is a load of caches that need my name on Smile Thanks so much for the hide poolsharkycat, I really enjoyed finiding this cache!

Found it 05/07/2018 By Cache Dipper
Saw it upon the approach...in the car
Thanks

Found it 05/07/2018 By reforestgrrl
Thanks! Park and grab.

Found it 04/27/2018 By Brewman65
Had a nice visit to Colorado, and found a lot of caches

Found it 10/13/2017 By L O S T - S O U L
TFTC

Enjoying another day traversing the countryside, acquiring many miles and boosting cache numbers and others in between along the power trails!
Nothing better than caching along the back country roads of America! Thanks for placing these out here. Most were in good shape in these sections however i did replaced wet logs and broken containers as needed. Initialed logs

Found it 08/26/2017 By lasouthpaw
Finally someone came by while I was out here. I was a little surprised by the steep hill, with the soft ground it was easier to go down than up. Saw a couple yellow bellied birds flying around the area. TFTC - #1722

I had a much needed geocaching adventure today. I drove over from Denver to Goodland (KS) last night. Got up this morning and continued east to Mingo. Wound up caching my way there and then back towards Denver, ending with a power trail-ish run between Limon and Deer Trail. Got to see lots of sunflowers and even some antelope along the way. Cachly was acting funny, I'm pretty sure it wasn't bringing up all the caches, but oh well. Wound up caching until the sun went down. Now for all those logs…