Wisdom the grandmother Laysan Albatross is a mum again

 Wisdom and her latest mate stand and vocalize over their 2024/25 egg on 27 November 2024, photograph  by Dan Rapp, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Volunteer

70-something Wisdom, the world’s oldest known Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutibilis, is once more a parent of yet another chick on Sand Island in the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge as reported by the Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.  Her chick had fully hatched by 30 January 2025 when Wisdom’s latest mate red EX25, was in attendance.  The male and chick were videoed by Dan Rapp on 2 February 2025.

Wisdom returned to the nest on 6 February after several weeks at sea, to meet and feed her week-old chick for the first time, when she was videoed prreening her latest.  Her mate is now foraging at sea.

Meanwhile, Wisdom’s 2010/11 son, red N333, has been incubating Wisdom’s next grandchild-to-be elsewhere on the island (click here).

Life goes on!

John Cooper, Emeritus ACAP Information Officer, 12 February 2025