N333: the next generation. The 2017 chick of Wisdom, the oldest known Laysan Albatross, is back on Midway incubating

\Wisdom’s offspring N333 shows its egg and colour band on 06 December 2025, photograph by Dan Rapp

Wisdom the well-known seventy something Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis on Midway Atoll is back for the new breeding season as recently reported in ACAP Latest News.  The latest information from the Facebook page of the Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge is that Wisdom’s 2010/11 chick, colour banded red N333 and considered to be a male, was spotted incubating on Midway’s Sand Island on 06 December by USFWS biologist and FOMA volunteer Dan Rapp of N333.  Watch a 27-s video he then made of N333 preening.

N333 was first recorded breeding in the 2021/22 season.  For a complete history, past chicks and new photos, click here; also see several articles in ACAP Latest News

John Cooper, Emeritus Information Officer, Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, 18 December 2025