Hector Falls, Part 2 (Blue-headed Vireo)

About this episode

Rob Porter explores Hector Falls and discusses the Blue-headed Vireo in this episode.

I’ve made it to Hector’s Falls - it’s not a very tall waterfall but it is very compelling to look at. The water flows off of a rectangular-shaped rock face, forming a thin silk-sheet like stream of water. Anywhere there is flowing water, there will be insects, and where there are insects to be fed on, there will be plenty of bird species. More about the Blue-headed Vireo: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Blue-headed_Vireo/overview eBird Checklist for the outing this was recorded during: https://ebird.org/checklist/S115100430 Download Merlin Bird ID today: https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/ Credits Songbirding: The Allegheny National Forest is a Songbirding Studios production. Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter. The Songbirding cover art (Blackburnian Warbler) is by Lauren Helton: https://tinylongwing.carbonmade.com/projects/5344062 Creative Commons music is from Josh Woodward. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

People in this episode

Host: Rob Porter

Topics covered

• Hector Falls
• Blue-headed Vireo
• birdwatching
• nature observation

Keywords

• waterfall
• insects
• bird species
• eBird
• Merlin Bird ID

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Merlin Bird ID

Books & works: Blackburnian Warbler

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