I don't think there are such areas. I've seen feathers laying on top of walls, etc. I think it's totally random, beyond that it has to be a place children can walk. Of course, the turtle shells only show up around the love shack, the coral around the sea, and the tablet only around the southern cave, but the feathers are the only ones that are blocked by the trees, so I presume you're asking about those; and those are dropped pretty much anywhere a villager can walk, as far as I can tell.

Found some interesting things. Anybody interested may PM me.

I saw a post from one of the programmers that said if you can't find a rare collectible when the chief points to it, it's because it's behind a tree or something...I'll see if I can find that post.

Sorry...here it is

I've also seen collectibles or mushrooms appear just under the front edge of the fallen statue. Be sure to look for the sparkles.

For me when the chief points out a rare collectible, it pops up fast but to find it this is what I do: I put the chief at the top of the path and then quickly grab a kid. Then as soon as he points I pause the game. Then I use the number keys to look in every area, by then it usually pops up, but if it doesn't I un-pause the game and do the process all over again very quickly except I don't pause the game. Hope this helps.

In an earlier post LadyCFII wrote: They may not appear for 1 or 2 minutes after the chief finishes the "magic." I've read that many people pause the game to try to give themselves more time to look for the rare collectible, but that will likely prevent it from appearing. New collectibles do not appear in VV3 when the game is paused.

LadyCFII's answer to rare collectibles:

Thank you Swedane. Yes, advising people to pause to look for the chief-collectible is a very bad idea.

Hi there Lurkily, I beat you to it, didn't I?

I'm back from a short-lived vacation, ready to bug you.