The Lancaster County Bird Club (LCBC) will meet on Thursday, April 10, at 7 p.m. at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area's Visitor Center, 100 Museum Road, Stevens.

The program, "Bird Migration in Lancaster and Beyond," will focus on bird migration research using the Motus Wildlife Tracking System. Attendees will learn about the birds that have been detected by the Middle Creek receiving station and the pathways that those birds have taken, along with the role that private landowners can play in helping local birds thrive.

The speaker will be Shelly Eshleman, Motus avian research coordinator at Willistown Conservation Trust and a Ph.D. student at the University of Delaware. Her research follows birds throughout the year to help people better understand their movement patterns. As someone who grew up in Lancaster County, she is particularly passionate about conserving Pennsylvania's birds.

The program is free and open to the public. For more details, call 717-856-3851 or 717-725-2717.

In addition, the LCBC will offer five field trips in April. The events are free and open to the public, but registration is required no later than 6 p.m. on the day before the trip.

A trip to Memorial Lake and the surrounding area in Lebanon County will be held on Saturday, April 5, at 7 a.m. Participants will keep an eye out for the American woodcock, water birds, and early migrants. For more details, contact Jonathan Heller at 717-940-6067 or jonathan.heller@comcast.net.

The club will offer a walk for beginning birders as well as those with experience in birding at Riverfront Park in Marietta on Sunday, April 6, at 4 p.m. The program will last about two hours, and walking will be minimal. The group will scope the Susquehanna River for waterbirds and will look for spring migrants and raptors. Binoculars will be available to borrow. To learn more, contact Sarah Gotwols at 717-940-3804 or sarahann71880@gmail.com.

The destination will be Safe Harbor Park on Saturday, April 12, and the program will start at 7 a.m. Attendees will look for early spring migrants like the yellow-throated warbler, bald eagle, and peregrine falcon. More information is available by contacting Kim Morelock at 717-471-0787 or motherunitof5@aol.com.

A field trip to Shenks Ferry in Conestoga will take place on Monday, April 14, at 7 a.m. The activity will be a wildflower-centered birding walk. For more details, contact Nina and Warren Wolf at 717-284-2663 or wolfers@aol.com.

Birders will go to Safe Harbor and Chestnut Grove Natural Area on Saturday, April 19. The program will start at 8 a.m. Birds of interest may include the yellow-throated warbler, palm warbler, white-eyed vireo, and fox sparrow. To learn more, contact Carl Groff at 717-471-9969 or fledge19@verizon.net.

For more information about the Lancaster County Bird Club, visit http://www.lancasterbirdclub.org, http://www.facebook.com/lancasterbirdclub, or http://www.instagram.com/lancasterbirdclub.