Keith Russell is an American ornithologist, birder, science communicator, and conservationist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
[1][2][3] He is a leading advocate of bird-safe glass and other methods for reducing mortality of migrating songbirds in urban environments.
[7] Russell grew up in Mount Airy, a neighborhood in northwest Philadelphia, and graduated from Germantown Friends School in 1973.
[8] Russell worked as collections manager for the Exhibits Department at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia from 1982 to 1992.
[9] He was the assistant editor for the landmark publication The Birds of North America (1992–2003), edited by Frank Gill.