The Lancaster County Bird Club (LCBC) will meet on Thursday, July 9, at 7 p.m. at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area Visitor Center, 100 Museum Road, Stevens.

Will Krohn will present "How Citizen Science Can Help PA's Purple Martins." The talk will discuss the life history of the purple martin, North America's largest swallow, and some reasons for its population decline. Krohn will share about his research to help conserve purple martins by studying how young martins move between the artificial colonies that they rely on for nesting. This research is currently happening across Pennsylvania, and the talk will conclude with ways that attendees can contribute to the project and help protect purple martins.

Krohn has worked as an avian field technician and bird bander all around the eastern United States. He is now conducting research on purple martins while pursuing a master's degree in wildlife ecology in the Aeroecology Lab at the University of Delaware.

The meeting is free and open to the public. For more information, call 717-891-8145 or 717-725-2717. Information about the LCBC is available at http://www.lancasterbirdclub.org, http://www.facebook.com/lancasterbirdclub, and http://www.instagram.com/lancasterbirdclub.