Weekly Bird Report

Swainson’s Hawk 15.04.2026 3:21 ↓

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

April migration 08.04.2026 3:29 ↓

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

Feeder frenzy 25.03.2026 3:40 ↓

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

Everything’s rare somewhere 18.03.2026 4:11 ↓

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

Winter encounters with owls 07.01.2026 4:28 ↓

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

Outer Cape winter birding 31.12.2025 3:58 ↓

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

Early results from the Christmas bird counts 24.12.2025 4:23 ↓

The first results are in.

Western Tanagers and snow birds 17.12.2025 3:54 ↓

Big flocks of birds tend to draw in other birds, including any lost waifs from elsewhere. Sometimes just looking out the window can reveal a rare bird in your yard.

In search of Massachusetts puffins 10.12.2025 4:41 ↓

The Atlantic puffin is a real crowd-pleaser. While people know them as a nesting bird of rocky Maine Islands in summer, small numbers winter in deep Massachusetts waters.

A visit from two rare birds 03.12.2025 4:22 ↓

A limpkin visited Scituate and a common cuckoo visited New Hampshire in recent days.