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Celebrate Black Birders Week with a special edition of “UnZOOsual Careers” from the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute! Meet Gwen Cooper, Animal Keeper at the Zoo’s Bird House, which is home to a variety of birds from small songbirds like the Baltimore oriole to large birds like the cassowary. Find out more about Gwen’s role and her career path that led her to the Zoo. Then, ask her your bird questions in our live Q&A!UnZOOsual Careers explores the lesser-known jobs in science, technology, engineering, arts and math at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Join us on the first Friday of every month as we meet the faces behind saving species and explore the variety of careers in conservation.