Weekly Bird Report

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.

20 Episodes

Seabird regime change
2 dni temu
4:13
Let’s face it, we all woke up this morning with the same question: what’s going on with seabirds right now? I’m glad you asked, because the answer is “a whole helluva lot.”
Seeing rare birds can happen anytime
10/30/2024
3:22
Another week, another lost flycatcher from some far-flung locale has turned up. This one had been flung further than most, having perhaps started its journey as far away as Argentina.
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Fall rarities and common delights
10/23/2024
4:10
With an exceedingly rare Gray Kingbird that played hide and seek with birders in Eastham this week, the Cape reclaimed the title of rare bird capital of the region, but sadly this Caribbean visitor kept moving - it was last seen on the 19th at Nauset Light Beach.
A tiny but tough bird is visiting us from the North
10/16/2024
4:11
Last week’s Vermilion Flycatcher, the briefly famous female photographed at South Cape Beach in Mashpee, turned out to be a one-day wonder, as we birders say – she hasn’t been seen since. Beyond a wayward Western Kingbird that’s still hanging around Peterson Farm in Falmouth, it was a quiet week on the Cape for fall rarities.
Unusual birds are arriving every day
10/9/2024
3:55
Enjoying the bird drama that unfolds around us
10/2/2024
3:57
As we turn another calendar page, we’re also turning a corner in the fall migration. I’ve always preferred October to September, mainly because we tend to get more birds later in the fall.
The birds that the wind brought in
9/25/2024
4:05
You may have noticed that it rained recently, for the first time in what seemed like years. In addition to a satisfying, multi-day soaking of our parched soils, this weather also brought the kind of winds that get the attention of storm bird chasers, that hardy and quirky subset of the already quirky subset of society that is birders.
Using a camera to add rare birds to your list
9/18/2024
4:12
When it comes to bird photography, experienced practitioners know that sometimes it’s best to shoot first and ask questions later. What I mean is, even expert birders don’t always know exactly what they’re looking at until they get home and look at the photos.
The joys of birding with a group
9/11/2024
3:43
A Cape Cod birding beach that’s worth the trek
9/4/2024
3:50
More than 300 species of birds have been recorded from Race Point, the second-highest list of anywhere on the Cape and Islands.

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Weekly Bird Report

20 Episodes

Seabird regime change

Seeing rare birds can happen anytime

Fall rarities and common delights

A tiny but tough bird is visiting us from the North

Unusual birds are arriving every day

Enjoying the bird drama that unfolds around us

The birds that the wind brought in

Using a camera to add rare birds to your list

The joys of birding with a group

A Cape Cod birding beach that’s worth the trek