Keith Russell: Go Birds!

Walking around Philadelphia, it’s not uncommon to hear someone shout, “Go Birds!” (Well, maybe not this week.) But if you were hanging out with this week’s Portrait, Keith Russell, you’d be more likely to hear, “Come here, birds!” Russell is an ornithologist, birder, science communicator and conservationist who currently serves as program manager for urban conservation for the Audubon Society’s Mid-Atlantic region. Over the years, he has worked on a variety of bird conservation issues, including bird collisions with man-made structures, birds and nocturnal lights, nonnative plants and migration stopover habitat. He’s been documenting environmental impacts on natural spaces through data collection for decades. Russell served as assistant editor for the prestigious publication The Birds of North America and has been featured in Audubon’s Birds on the Move series.

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