Recently, my friend in Washington, D.C., sent me an e-mail article he knew I’d enjoy about a famous bird couple. George and Martha Wilson, a mated pair of bald eagles on the Potomac’s Maryland shore since 1998, were at the heart of a news story once again.

First identified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that year during a routine, regional flyover, the two eagles were named George and Martha Wilson because they were located near the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. According to the Woodrow Wilson Bridge’s Project Web site, the pair successfully fledged three eaglets that year, two in 1999 and three more in 2000. In the fall of 2000, a strong wind storm blew their nest down, but they rebuilt a year later, further south down the Maryland shoreline and closer to the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. They fledged two additional eaglets at that location, but unfortunately, that nest also was lost to a wind storm. Read Full Story

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