Oldest Known Wild Bird Has Been Spotted Again — And She's Got A New Boyfriend
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The 74-year-old albatross, named Wisdom, is expected to welcome a new chick next year.
The world’s oldest known wild bird is back in her familiar stomping grounds — this time, with a new beau.
Wisdom, a Laysan albatross who is at least 74, returned to her annual nesting site at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge on the Hawaiian archipelago late last month, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Pacific Region announced on social media this week.
This year, Wisdom not only laid an egg, but was seen “interacting with a male” that the wildlife agency identified as her new mate. (The septuagenarian was previously linked to a mate named Akeakamai for decades, but he hasn’t been seen in years.)
If all goes well, Wisdom’s egg will hatch in around two months. She’s been mother to about thirty surviving chicks over the years, with her most recent offspring hatching in 2021.
The fact that this elder bird is still alive, let alone still laying eggs, is astonishing. In 2021, after Wisdom’s latest chick hatched, seabird ecologist Richard Phillips told The New York Times the next-oldest albatross he’d ever heard of was 61.
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