Seven-year-old Khalib Townsend wants to be a conservationconservation/ˌkɑːnsərˈveɪʃən/L2保护（自然、野生动物等）the protection of nature and wildlife scientist. He loves birds and wants to study biology. However, finding a path to a dream job can be hard for kids. Khalib's mother helped him meet someone who shares his dream: Keith Russell, a bird scientist.
Russell works at the Audubon Discovery Center in Philadelphia and also loved birds in first grade. His parents got him binocularsbinoculars/bɪˈnɒkjʊləz/L1双筒望远镜a tool that helps you see far away things clearly and a bird book, and they found a neighbor who knew about birds. This person took him on bird walks. Russell later studied biology in college and worked at a museum before joining Audubon. For example, he says support is very important: 'It's really important to have support and be with people that understand your interest.'
Russell helps protectprotect/prəˈtekt/L2保护；防护to keep something safe from harm birds from flying into glass windows. If a bird flies into a window, it will get hurt. Over one billion birds die this way in the United States each year. Philadelphia lies on a migrationmigration/maɪˈɡreɪʃən/L2迁徙the movement of animals from one place to another, often at certain times of the year path, so many birds pass through the city. As a result, the Discovery Center uses ropes and dots on windows to protect them.
In addition, Khalib got to ask Russell questions during a bird walk. He learned about dinosaurs and birds. He saw how a scientist works. This experience helps him hold onto his dream of becoming a conservation scientist.
