The Lancaster County Bird Club (LCBC) will meet Thursday, May 8, at 7 p.m. at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area's Visitor Center, 100 Museum Road, Stevens. Mandy Talpas will present "Avifauna of Hawaii: Birds on the Brink."

Hawaii is home to approximately one third of all endangered species in the United States. Attendees of the program will learn about Hawaii's rare endemic birds, from petrels to honeycreepers; the threats they face; and the conservation initiatives in place to help save them from extinction.

A Pennsylvania native, Talpas has dedicated her life to avian conservation. She has worked as a naturalist and a conservation educator at several institutions, including Hawk Mountain Sanctuary. She was a bird banding and education specialist at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center and has continued to broaden her studies through the Ornithology Lab at Villanova University, as well as studying tropical ecology throughout Latin America. She owns the birding tour company Hawaii Bird Tours.

The meeting is free and open to the public. For more details, call 717-856-3851.

In addition, the club will offer various field trips in May. Participants must register with the trip leader no later than 6 p.m. the day before the trip. The trips are free and open to the public.

On Saturday, May 3, three Warbler Walks will be offered. One outing will step off at Chickies Rock County Park at 7 a.m.; contact Roger Stone at 717-393-9030 for more information. A walk at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area will also begin at 7 a.m.; to learn more, contact Doug Anderson at 717-203-2482 or douglas.anderson58@yahoo.com. A group will walk starting at 8 a.m. at Pumping Station Road off Route 322; for more information, contact Carl Groff at 717-471-9969 or fledge19@verizon.net.

A field trip will be held at the Northwest River Trail in Bainbridge on Sunday, May 4, at 7:30 a.m. To learn more, contact Warren or Nina Wolf at 717-284-2663 or wolfers@aol.com.

A group will meet at Muddy Run Park in Holtwood on Saturday, May 10, for a 7 a.m. start. Contact Larry Bernhardt at 717-314-1461 or sjbernhardt@verizon.net for more details.

A bird walk will take place on May 10 at 8 a.m. at Flory Park in Lancaster. Beginners and all others are welcome. To learn more, contact Sarah Gotwols at 717-940-3804 or sarahann71880@gmail.com.

The venue will be the Millport Conservancy in Lititz on Sunday, May 11, at 7 a.m. The leader is Anderson.

A field trip will be held on Saturday, May 17, at 7 a.m. at Susquehannock State Park in Drumore. The leader is Bernhardt.

For more information about these field trips and the club, visit the website http://www.lancasterbirdclub.org, http://www.facebook.com/lancasterbirdclub and/or http://www.instagram.com/lancasterbirdclub.