Songbirds You Can Hear at Night
Some old friends and I had a fire on an ocean beach in Wellfleet the other night. It was perfect – the kids were home with my sainted wife, and the ni...
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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.
A Little Bird With a Big Story to Tell
Here in our little archipelago, we have opportunity to see birds from all corners of the globe, especially now, in late summer and fall. These birds p...
September Hotspots on the Cape and Islands
When it comes to fall birding hotspots around here, the best of the best places tend to fall somewhere between “difficult” and “you’ve got to be kiddi...
September Shorebirds of Note
Each year, untold numbers of shorebirds of mostly remote, Arctic breeding grounds pass through the Cape and Islands. Here they gorge on intertidal fau...
September Bird Departures
This week on the Bird Report, some September departures to watch for.
A Roundup of August Birding
This week on the Bird Report, a roundup of August birding on the Cape and Islands.
A Trip Far Out Yields Special Surprises
This week on the Bird Report, a trip far out on the water yields some special surprises.
Butterflies and Butterfliers
This week on the Bird Report, we're taking a look at a different kind of “flyer” in our region.
An Odd Duck is Visiting Cape Cod
Today on the Weekly Bird Report, an update about that troubling bird illness to our south. Plus, an odd duck.
Are Mysterious Bird Deaths Coming Our Way?
This week on the Bird Report, it’s about time to clean that bird feeder. It will help keep our local birds healthy.