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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.

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3:40

When Florida comes to Cape Cod

Weekly Bird Report ·

2025/04/02

This year it turned out that, as I was heading to Florida, Florida was heading to Cape Cod. As soon as I got down there I saw the rare bird alert from back home blowing up with Florida birds, most of which I didn’t even see while I was in Florida.

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4:13

The return of the Ospreys

Weekly Bird Report ·

2025/03/26

March may come in like a lion, but around here it goes out on the crooked wings of an Osprey.

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4:08

Shorebirds of early spring

Weekly Bird Report ·

2025/03/19

They’re baaaaack! Here on the cusp of astronomical spring, those adorable little beach goers that certain people love to hate have arrived, or at least the first few scouts have. Piping Plovers have been seen in Orleans, Hyannis, and Sandwich, and more are likely out there on the bleak beaches of March

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4:12

Sights and sounds of early "spring"

Weekly Bird Report ·

2025/03/12

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4:06

The eagle nest has landed

Weekly Bird Report ·

2025/03/05

When Bald Eagles took over an Osprey nest on the Outer Cape two years ago it meant that, for the first time since the 1800s out here, the eagle had landed.

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3:59

A visiting bird worth watching

Weekly Bird Report ·

2025/02/26

A lanky and mysterious stranger arrived in Provincetown last week, where he is often seen loitering near the famous Boy Beach at the west end. Flamboyantly arrayed in feathers, this visitor has developed quite a following, but it’s not for a drag show at the Post Office Cabaret.

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4:11

A birding activity you can do while staying warm

Weekly Bird Report ·

2025/02/19

As I write on this coldest day of the season thus far, it seems wise to discuss an indoor birding activity almost universally enjoyed by bird fanciers – backyard bird feeding.

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4:06

A rare visitor from Europe

Weekly Bird Report ·

2025/02/12

I thought it might have been a female Ring-necked Duck, but a view through my spotting scope showed the characteristic cowlick of a female Tufted Duck, a rare visitor from Europe.

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3:52

The bird Grammys

Weekly Bird Report ·

2025/02/05

We are overdue for another episode of everyone’s favorite made-up, bird-related, Cape Cod-based award show: the Bird Grammys!

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4:19

Find local open water patches for great birding

Weekly Bird Report ·

2025/01/29

By mid-winter, the prize rare birds have all been established and often settle into a routine.

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4:04

How do birds survive in the cold?

Weekly Bird Report ·

2025/01/22

As this throwback winter plods on, with ice fishers on the ponds and ice floes on the bay, one of the most common questions us bird folks get is “how do birds survive these brutal temperatures?”

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4:25

Wrapping up the Christmas Bird Counts

Weekly Bird Report ·

2025/01/15

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4:29

A raptor story

Weekly Bird Report ·

2025/01/08

Suddenly a big bird rocketed into view – a Peregrine Falcon, death missile of the tidal flats, no doubt hunting the shorebirds.

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3:48

The top bird on Cape Cod in 2024

Weekly Bird Report ·

2025/01/01

With just a few days left in 2024, the undisputed bird of the year for Cape Cod was found in Chatham.

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4:28

Merry Christmas Bird Counts

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/12/30

Amidst the silent majesty of this cold Christmas morn, I can only assume you are all gathered around the radio, in the warm embrace of kith and kin, waiting to hear the latest results of the local bird counts.

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4:25

A mystery bird in Provincetown has been identified

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/12/18

This is one of those cases where a bird in the hand was going to be worth at least two in the bush. We needed a licensed hummingbird bander to catch and examine it.

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4:11

A magical season has arrived

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/12/11

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4:25

Remembering the brief glory of the Northern Lapwing...

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/12/04

On Nantucket this week, the birders are all having flashbacks to October of 2012, when Hurricane Sandy famously devastated parts of the East Coast.

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3:33

Time to talk turkeys

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/11/27

It’s Thanksgiving Eve, so I suppose you expect me to dish out the usual stale, leftover poultry puns sandwiched between the same old turkey fun facts. Well, you’re right. So let’s not mince words and get right into to the meat of the topic.

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4:13

A visit from a special kind of towhee

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/11/20

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