Wisdom the Laysan Albatross still smashing age and breeding records for wild birds
Wisdom was banded in 1956, when she was already at least five years old. Now, in spring 2019, she and her mate Akeakamai (desire for wisdom in the Hawaiian language) are rearing yet another chick. Check out this of Wisdom and her 2018 chick, courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Says USFWSs Beth Flint, a biologist at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge: Shes incredibly powerful as a symbol of why we do what we do. She is re-writing history about our understanding of how long birds live and how often they breed. For everyone involved with protecting albatrosses, and for people who love the ocean, Wisdoms tenacity is proof and inspiration that albatrosses are tough and resilient enough to thrive into the future.
勛圖窪蹋 helps our three species of North Pacific albatrosses - Laysan, Short-tailed, and Black-footed - by , , , , and promoting U.S. ratification of international agreements to conserve albatrosses. Furthermore, agencies, NGOs, and academic groups in the U.S. and Japan have collaborated for decades to protect and restore these magnificent birds.