🌱 2025 Spring Treasure Hunt; hints for clue 9

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🌱 2025 Spring Treasure Hunt; hints for clue 9

1humouress
Edited: Apr 18, 2025, 5:43 am

Seedling 9

With a banner of red upon his breast,
And pretty blue eggs laid in his nest,
With a cheery sound when he does sing,
This bird is oft a harbinger of spring.


(Abigail)

2humouress
Apr 18, 2025, 5:47 am

3 Charon07 : Well that was easy! I got them all except #9 quickly, using only LT and Talpa search and not having to resort to Google at all. I finally got #9 by thinking of all the general tips and reminders we get for every treasure hunt.

7 Charon07 : For #9, although the clue suggests singular, the answer is plural.

3humouress
Apr 19, 2025, 4:46 am

66 Lady_Melee : Oh I found 9 hint: it is not a work

4Blueeyedpaigey
Apr 20, 2025, 3:12 am

I dont get it, I know the bird, nothing is matching for seedling. Tried plural as well. What am i missing?

5humouress
Apr 20, 2025, 3:16 am

If you go to the Talk page for the hunt, everyone seems to be having an issue with receiving seedlings. There is a report posted in the Bug Collectors group.

6Blueeyedpaigey
Apr 20, 2025, 3:34 am

>5 humouress: Not talking about seedlings. Cant figure out the correct answer it seems.

7humouress
Apr 20, 2025, 5:34 am

>6 Blueeyedpaigey: I'm afraid I can't help you; I haven't found it yet either 🤗

8Blueeyedpaigey
Apr 20, 2025, 6:11 am

>7 humouress: I found it. It is a tag. Hope that helps

9LucindaLibri
Apr 22, 2025, 11:22 am

This one is a problem because the clue implies a singular when the answer is a plural.
Not calling this a spoiler because it is one of my pet peeves with clues in puzzles. grrrr

10humouress
Apr 25, 2025, 1:46 am

128 AnnieMod : On #9, see >2 humouress: 7 Charon07: (and to say it in a different way: you are probably in the right place, just add an s at the end of that page and see what happens despite the clue hinting to a singular)