Mark Faherty talks about a few of the long distance travelers that he has spotted this May from the Nashville Warbler to the Blue-headed Vireo and many more.

Weekly Bird Report

Mid-May Madness

Mark Faherty recaps an exciting week of spring migration on Cape Cod, featuring rare ibis sightings, a surprise Chestnut-collared Longspur, and the unofficial arrival of “Ibisfest.”

Ibisfest part 2 and the longspur has landed

This week’s spring migration reached spectacular heights as rare southern visitors mixed with huge numbers of songbirds pouring into Cape Cod from across the Atlantic.

Ibis Invasion and much more!

Mark Faherty talks about the birds showing up at your feeders.

Songs of April

How did a hemisphere-trotting hawk of the arid west get to Cape Cod?

Swainson’s Hawk

Mark Faherty talks about the different types of birds returning to the area this time of year from the Golden-crowned Kinglet to the Ruby-throated Hummingbird

April migration

Mark Faherty talks about the surging bird populations on the Cape in the springtime.

Feeder frenzy

Ornithologist Mark Faherty talks about the return of a Tufted Titmouse making its return to Nantucket.

Everything’s rare somewhere

What we lacked in numbers of the common owls, we made up for with encounters with some of the more sought after species.

Winter encounters with owls

Looking at waxwings and eiders to find their unusual relatives among the flocks.

Outer Cape winter birding

Natur

Naturwissenschaften

Wissenschaft

The Weekly Bird Report with Mark Faherty can be heard every Wednesday on WCAI, the local NPR station for Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, and the South Coast. Mark has been the Science Coordinator at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary since August 2007 and has led birding trips for Mass Audubon since 2002. He is past president of the Cape Cod Bird Club and current member of the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee.

Mid-May Madness

Weekly Bird Report

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Ibisfest part 2 and the longspur has landed

Ibis Invasion and much more!

Mid-May Madness

Songs of April

Swainson’s Hawk

April migration

Feeder frenzy

Everything’s rare somewhere

Winter encounters with owls

Outer Cape winter birding