Please brave the cold to hear Ken Fecker talk about his beloved Purple Martins. Actually this week there are reports of them arriving in the southern part of the US on the PMCA site. Ken is an area expert and you will be amazed of the conservation work he has done for this beloved bird. Members and guests are welcome. Social time at 7pm and the meeting starts at 7:30pm. Best, Darlene Sillick DCBC program chair The Delaware County Bird Club meetings and program presentations take place on the fourth Monday of each month, September through April, except in November and December when they are held on alternate days to allow for the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays. Please join us in the City of Delaware at the Ohio Wesleyan University, Schimmel-Conrades Science Center, Room 163. Conversation and refreshments begin at 7:00 PM; the meetings and programs start at 7:30 PM. Parking is available next to the Selby Stadium on the east side of Henry Street and in the lot south of the Science Center next to Branch Rickey Arena. January 27th: "Creating and Managing a Purple Martin Colony" - Kenny Fecker. In this program, Kenny will try to help those who may be interested in starting a new purple martin colony on their own property, or on a public site. He will discuss the purple martin species, its biology and habits, and most importantly, its nesting and habitat requirements along with its historic relationship with man. The interesting history and evolution of various forms of purple martin housing will also be described, including those which are most, and least, desirable to martins in the Central Ohio area. A PowerPoint slideshow, produced by the Purple Martin Conservation Association, will be shown, along with a few additional slides of his own martin colonies at his home and at Delaware State Park. Open discussion will follow. Kenny Fecker has been a casual birder and purple martin landlord for over 45 years, since the age of ten. He manages over 200 pairs of martins at his two colony sites, and has also advised and mentored numerous other landlords in the creation and maintenance of their own martin colonies. Ken is now semi-retired from Frito-Lay Inc., which allows him more time to observe and enjoy purple martins and other species of birds in the Central Ohio area. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]