![midway atoll national wildlife refuge midway atoll national wildlife refuge](https://www.oceanlight.com/stock-photo/rose-island-rose-atoll-photograph-00839-215652.jpg)
Jon Brack/Friends of Midway Atoll NWR /voK0kO27ed Biologists estimate she has had at least 30-36 chicks. Wisdom, a mōlī (Laysan albatross) and world’s oldest known, banded wild bird is at least 70 years old.
![midway atoll national wildlife refuge midway atoll national wildlife refuge](https://www.encasement.com/sites/default/files/Bird%20(Midway%20Atoll).jpg)
1.Ĭute baby alert! Wisdom’s chick has hatched!!! The refuge is home to the largest colony of albatross in the world, where millions of the birds return to nest each year.Īmerica is changing faster than ever! Add Changing America to your Facebook or Twitter feed to stay on top of the news.īiologists at the refuge noticed the egg pipping at the end of January and the egg finally hatched on Feb. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced last month that Wisdom the albatross welcomed a new chick at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge off the coast of Hawaii. The world’s oldest known wild bird has become a mother again at the age of 70.
![midway atoll national wildlife refuge midway atoll national wildlife refuge](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8a/20/9e/8a209ece4c130162306ea9d923ca4e1d.jpg)
Biologists estimate Wisdom has had at least 30-36 chicks over the course of her lifetime.Researchers first banded Wisdom in 1956 as part of a long-term research project that has identified more than 275,000 albatrosses since the late 1930s.Wisdom the albatross welcomed a new chick at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge off the coast of Hawaii.