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World’s Oldest Known wіɩd Bird Finds Love аɡаіп At Age 74

“She did it аɡаіп!”

In 1956, researchers working in the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, breeding grounds for Laysan albatrosses, documented a female bird who was nesting there and placed an identification band around her leg.

Since the breeding age for these birds begins at 5 years old, at the time, she was believed to have been born around 1950.

Many years have passed since then, but the bird — known as Wisdom — has not. She’s still very much alive.

Kristina McOmber/Kupu Conservation Leadership Program & USFWS

Now believed to be 74 years old, Wisdom is the oldest known wіɩd bird on eагtһ. But despite her advanced age, she’s hardly slowed dowп.

Researchers estimate that, over the course of her lifetime, Wisdom has produced as many as 60 eggs. Sadly, however, in recent years, Wisdom’s longtime mate has been mysteriously absent. For the past four years, she’s not laid an egg.

This year, however, something changed. Arriving to the birds’ regular breeding grounds, much to the delight of conservationists, Wisdom found a new mate.

And their blossoming love affair has already proven fruitful.

USFWS volunteer photo: Dan Rapp

“She did it аɡаіп!” the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service wrote in an announcement. “Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wіɩd bird, is back with a new partner and just laid yet another egg.”

If all goes well, the world’s oldest bird will soon be hatching the world’s youngest.

The Midway Atoll, northwest of the Hawaiian islands, is home to thousands of seabirds who arrive each year to breed and nest. Thanks to conservation efforts, like the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s Midway Atoll’s Seabird Protection Project, the atoll will continue to be a refuge for Wisdom, her offspring and all generations to come.