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Article: Noisy neighborhood; Eagles build nest near Wilson Bridge construction.(METROPOLITAN)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 12, 2004
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Byline: Frank Petrignani, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Two bald eagles recently hatched three eaglets in a nest perched in a band of trees on the Maryland shore of the Potomac River, about several hundred feet from the construction work zone on the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge.
Environmental specialists say the eaglets, who were born in April, are healthy and, in recent days, have been peering above the nest.
The nest, which is on Rosalie Island, is about 500 feet from the southern side of the bridge and about 150 feet from the bridge's work zone, said Stephanie Spears, an environmental specialist with the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Project. About 200,000 ...