The Lancaster County Bird Club (LCBC) will meet on Thursday, July 10, at 7 p.m. at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area's Visitor Center, 100 Museum Road, Stevens. Jon Kauffman will present "Life in a Nest Box: American Kestrels and Barn Owls."

Kauffman will provide an in-depth look of the breeding phenology of American kestrels and barn owls through live nestcam footage. Footage will include activities within the box before egg laying begins, parental role in incubation and brooding, and clues to help nestbox managers better understand the needs of parents and nestlings to successfully fledge.

Kauffman promotes conservation through citizen science projects such as Project NestWatch and the American kestrel and barn owl nestbox program at Penn State University's Shaver's Creek Environmental Center. He has served as a hawk-watcher for Tussey Mountain Hawk Watch and has also traveled and worked with other organizations such as Cape May Bird Observatory and Intermountain Bird Observatory in Idaho.

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

The LCBC will also offer a field trip to Conoy Wetlands Nature Preserve near Bainbridge on Saturday, July 12, starting at 7 a.m. The trip is free and open to the public, but participants must register by 6 p.m. on Friday, July 11, by contacting trip leader Sarah Gotwols at 717-940-3804 or sarahann71880@gmail.com.

For more information about the club, visit http://www.lancasterbirdclub.org, http://www.facebook.com/lancasterbirdclub, or http://www.instagram.com/lancasterbirdclub.