Purple Martin

Purple Martins sometimes roost in large numbers under bridges during late summer, prior to their fall migration to South America. Unfortunately, this makes them vulnerable to collisions with passing cars. Alisa Esposito and her husband Christopher Lucash, both wildlife biologists, took action at a bridge near their home in North Carolina that resulted in the Department of Transportation reducing speed limits when the Purple Martins are present, dramatically reducing bird-car collisions.

When Christopher was diagnosed with ALS and began to deteriorate physically, his wife resolved that even though she couldn’t heal her husband, she would remain strong for him and their children, as the couple had done for the martins.

Read the story at https://www.audubon.org/news/a-biologists-bittersweet-return-see-birds-she-helped-save