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The Worldâs Oldest-Known Wild BirdâNamed WisdomâHatches Another Chick at 70 (WATCH)
Apr 25, 2021
The worldâs oldest known wild bird, a Laysan albatross named Wisdom, hatched another chick this season at age 70.
Wisdom with chick â Photo Credit: Jon Brack/Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
Every year, millions of albatrosses return to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge to their same nesting siteâand reunite with the same mate.
In the worldâs largest colony of albatrosses, Wisdom and her mate, Akeakamai, have been hatching and raising chicks together since at least 2012, when biologists first banded the male.
âAt least 70 years old, we believe Wisdom has had other mates,â said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Dr. Beth Flint. âThough albatross mate for life, they may find new partners if necessaryâif they outlive their first mate.â
Updated: 8:41 AM PDT, April 01, 2021
Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, has had around 35 chicks during her life. She just hatched another one at 70 years old.
At more than 70-years young, Wisdom, the world’s oldest-known banded wild bird, has hatched yet another chick at Midway Atoll in the Hawaiian archipelago, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service announced.
Biologists first identified and banded Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, on Midway Atoll in 1956 when she was already a few years old. Each year that Wisdom returns to Midway Atoll, we learn more about how long seabirds can live and raise chicks, said Beth Flint, the supervisory wildlife biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the Pacific Remote Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
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In a refreshingly heartwarming story earlier this month, the world’s oldest known wild bird has hatched yet another chick. Wisdom the Laysan Albatross is believed to be at least seventy years old, and is nesting in the Midway Atoll national wildlife refuge, a small island in the North Pacific. Wisdom is believed to have hatched the chick sometime in February, but the healthy young bird was only discovered and reported by researchers in early March.
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“Each year that Wisdom returns, we learn more about how long seabirds can live and raise chicks,” said Beth Flint, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s supervisory wildlife biologist at the Pacific Remote Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex, in an interview with NPR. “Her return not only inspires bird lovers everywhere, but helps us better understand ho