local soap opera of eagles

For those who have bought or love the "skinny cheickens"..this one's for you.

The Eagle family that is shown on the new coins live in the Washington DC area--believe it or not there are lotsa bald eagles here.

Construction workers building the new Woodrow Wilson Bridge that spans from Maryland to Virginia on the Capital Beltway first noticed them. The 2 adult birds..nicknamed George and Martha...lived on Rosalie Island on the Maryland side of the river. Word got around to artist Susan Gamble (the SG on the coins) who lives in Arlington. She had already been commisioned with the job of designing the coins by the mint and used actual photos for her designs.

The eaglets (skinny chickens) pictured are just 2 of the sixteen sired by George with Martha...I say by George and Martha because there was a bit of a love triangle and infidelity going on...gotta love this Washington DC dirty laundry...

As it turns out another younger female..nicknamed by the construction workers Angelina (after Angelina Jolie who stole Brad Pitt from his former wife)..had designs on George. Angelina attacked Martha injuring her. Martha was taken to a wildlife healing sanctuary in Delaware, meanwhile George was hitting it off with Angelina.....

Amazingly, after Martha healed and was set free, she flew back down to Maryland and chased Angelina off !! The 2 eaglets on the coin are of questionable parenthood. Martha continued to reside with George until her recent demise...now Angelina is back...but rumor has it that a new younger female has been seen with George that the construction workers ( also known as Eagle paparrazi) have yet to give a moniker to.

Stay tuned for future updates on.."The Bold and the Beautiful"...who will George be with next???...here's a picture of the Dashing George..