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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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3:52

Bird-a-thon birds and migration ready to explode

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/05/15

Last week I predicted our first real migrant songbird fallout of May on Thursday morning. Sadly, that did not materialize, probably because of too much rain between us and the birds that night, stopping them short of New England.

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4:10

Where are all the warblers?

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/05/08

When did your “spring is finally here” birds arrive? At my house, spring came Monday, April 29.

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4:42

A nearby island where the birds are in charge

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/05/01

This past weekend I was lucky enough to get in on an overnight junket to the island of Penikese, at the far end of the Elizabeths chain, courtesy of Dr. Andrew Gillis of the Marine Biological Lab and our hosts, the Penikese School.

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4:10

The surprising things that hummingbirds eat

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/04/24

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3:25

Let's talk about that flood of spring overshoot migrants

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/04/17

The first hummingbird was reported on the Cape, as expected for mid-April, but this eagerly anticipated annual event was overshadowed by spring overshoot fever — southerly winds brought, well, a windfall of rare birds to the Cape and Islands.

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3:59

Keep an eye and ear out for the uncommon birds of April

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/04/10

April isn’t my favorite month in the birding calendar, especially when its weather barely outperforms bleakest March, but it has its charms – the first hummingbirds and seabird migration among them.

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4:24

Leave the leaves?

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/04/03

This week on The Bird Report: leaf litter, to leave or not to leave?

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3:01

A royal is visiting us from the Arctic

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/03/27

You probably haven’t seen anything in the news about it, but I have reliable intel that a royal has quietly taken up residence on Cape Cod. In the Sagamore area, away from the gaze of paparazzi, a prince is spending some time along the canal and trying to blend in with the locals.

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3:47

Early birds on Cape Cod

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/03/20

This week on The Bird Report, sometimes birds take the wrong exit off the freeway.

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3:50

Waxwing poetic

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/03/13

On two occasions over the last week I found myself driving slowly around some back streets in Yarmouth Port, craning my neck, looking like a cat burglar casing the neighborhood. Or more likely around here, an overly aggressive realtor looking to pounce on a potential new listing.

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3:53

Woodcocks and more signs of spring

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/03/06

As the season of mud settles in, this seems like a good time to talk about one if its biggest stars. This worm slurping dumpling of a bird dances its way back into our lives each March, when the aerial displays of the male become staple program fodder for nature centers and bird clubs everywhere.

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4:14

Solitaire and mixed spring signals

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/02/28

I’ve been getting a lot of mixed signals from Mother Earth lately. On my early morning walk yesterday I saw an optimistic chipmunk, then a freshly dead garter snake that probably should have stayed in bed another two months.

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4:19

Red Knots and horseshoe crabs

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/02/21

As I write this, Red Knots feel very far away. To be more precise, 7000 miles and three months away. These Arctic nesting shorebirds are marathon migrators, traveling from well above the Arctic circle to wintering areas at the other end of the planet each year.

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4:31

Birds in love

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/02/15

It’s Valentine's Day, which means it’s time to sort through the picked over remains of the greeting cards to find the least groanworthy one. But us people aren’t the only ones suffering though – I mean reveling in love this time of year – it’s also courtin’ season for many species of birds.

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4:31

Birds in love

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/02/14

It’s Valentine's Day, which means it’s time to sort through the picked over remains of the greeting cards to find the least groanworthy one. But us people aren’t the only ones suffering though – I mean reveling in love this time of year – it’s also courtin’ season for many species of birds.

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3:31

Be on the lookout for ducks and eagles

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/02/07

This past weekend I was tasked with leading a duck and eagle safari on behalf of the remarkable Harwich Conservation Trust. With a full roster of 15 hopeful birdwatchers, my plan was to check various spots around the big pond complex in Harwich and Brewster, a great area to see winter ducks and the eagles that eat them.

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3:27

An ode to a sparrow

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/01/31

Yesterday was a typical Tuesday. I was working at my desk at Wellfleet Bay sanctuary, while trickling through the back of my mind was that little stream of anxiety about what this week’s bird report should be about.

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3:45

Snow birds, and yet another wayward westerner

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/01/24

This time the snow stuck. It was the perfect snow – not enough to shovel but enough to fuel a weekend of sledding and several days of successful wildlife tracking.

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4:04

Wayward westerners

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/01/17

Yesterday morning I thought I might make this week’s piece about birding in snow, then, in true Cape Cod fashion, that lovely snow was gone within a few hours.

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4:23

Delightful visitors have arrived on Cape Cod

Weekly Bird Report ·

2024/01/10

On a frozen morning last week I stopped to sort through ducks at Town Cove in Orleans, a place that accumulates all sorts of waterfowl when other spots start to freeze.

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