Mr. President and Lotus, who have gained a flock of online fans, traded their longtime nest for the U.S. National Arboretum’s suburbs.
Mr. P and his previous partner, the First Lady, nested in 2014 in an 80-foot tall tulip poplar in the azalea area of the arboretum. Wildlife biologists cheered their presence at the site, where bald eagles hadn’t set up a nest in more than 70 years. But when the pair had trouble reproducing, the First Lady moved out, and early in 2021, Lotus — a younger female eagle —The eagles’ new nest is more secluded, perched in a roughly 100-foot-tall white oak tree in a more wooded area of the arboretum.
Lotus is not as much of an “urban bird” as Mr. P, said Sue Greeley, a wildlife manager and arborist at the arboretum, and having to fly over the arboretum, the golf course and a neighborhood to get to their hunting grounds at Kingman Island may have unnerved her. “I think with all of the stuff going on, she was like, ‘I want my own place. I don’t want your ex-wife’s place,’” Greeley said of Lotus.
Eagles will sometimes use a nest for several years, then move and build a new one. Sometimes, new predators such as great horned owls or raccoons spur a move; other times, it’s because they may feel their tree has become less sturdy.One thing that’s clear is the power couple wanted privacy at the arboretum, which is located off New York Avenue. Because the new nest is in a more wooded spot, experts said they don’t plan to install an eagle camera.
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