Mark Faherty

May is not an easy time to be a bird guy. First of all, there are suddenly way too many things going on in the bird world all at once – choosing a bird report topic is dreadfully difficult this time of year.

In this time of ornithological plenty that is May, I once again have a month's worth of good material to condense into one report.

It was yet another highlight-laden bird week here on the Cape and Islands, and indeed in all of Eastern Massachusetts thanks to Saturday's spring

I recently became aware of an odd housing situation in Barnstable. There's a neighborhood where, for mysterious reasons, sworn enemies are living shoulder to shoulder in an uneasy peace.

As we approach summer, and insect diversity spikes, this bird guy starts to scale down his search image to look for bees and other interesting bugs.

I've been guilty many times of painting June as some birdless doldroms between spring and fall migration, and just as often have eaten my words.

Long time Cape Codders know the sound of the now scarce Whip-poor-will. Once common throughout the pine-oak woods of the state, development and fire

For several days I was thinking I had a great bird report topic all ready to go – bird baths. This idea was of course hatched during that really hot dry period last week.

This week the rare bird gods were feeling generous, granting me two hard to believe bird stories in the region.

“Is that a live Bridled Tern on your head, or are you just doing a performance piece about the 19 century millinery trade's impact on bird