One Day, I'll Save You

When I grow up, I want to become a wildlife scientist. I learned about the Helmeted Honeyeater at school, and I started imagining what my future office might look like. My uncle works in a laboratory, and when I visited him, I saw many animal specimens. They help scientists learn about animals and understand how to protect them. That is why I painted a Helmeted Honeyeater specimen on my desk. But I don't want endangered birds to become museum specimens. I want to study them so they can keep living safely in the wild. My future office is filled with bird books, native plants, flowers, maps, and research notes. I even imagined writing letters to the Wild at Art community because I believe scientists, artists, and children can all work together to protect wildlife. I want to learn everything I can about the Helmeted Honeyeater and help create safe forests where it can build nests, find food, and raise its chicks. My dream is that one day this bird will no longer need saving. Then, instead of seeing a Helmeted Honeyeater as a specimen on my desk, I will watch it flying freely through the forests of Victoria, exactly where it belongs.