SHE DID IT AGAIN!
— USFWS Pacific (@USFWSPacific) December 3, 2024
Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, is back with a new partner and just laid yet another egg.
At an approximate age of 74, the queen of seabirds returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge last week and began interacting with a male. pic.twitter.com/6qomvs0rKL
Jon Plissner, supervisory wildlife biologist at Midway Atoll NWR, called Wisdom’s first egg in four years “a special joy” and said she seems to still have the energy and instincts for raising another chick.
— USFWS Pacific (@USFWSPacific) December 3, 2024
“We are optimistic that the egg will hatch,” he wrote. pic.twitter.com/g0LJLF1ah7
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