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Weekly Bird Report

Science EN ↓ 34 episodes

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.

Be sure to visit the podcast's website and support the creator: www.capeandislands.org

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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.