Meet Wisdom – the Beyoncé of seabirds 🕊️ – who just dropped a legendary comeback “track” at age 74! This Laysan albatross has laid what might be her 60th egg at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, rewriting the rules of avian parenthood.
Wildlife biologists are 👀 watching the Pacific nest cam after Wisdom returned to Hawaii’s remote islands with a new male companion. Her previous partner Akeakamai hasn’t been seen since their last collab in 2020 – talk about relationship goals (or maybe retirement plans? 💼).
These ocean wanderers usually mate for life and perform elaborate dance routines 💃🕺 to choose partners. At 74 (that’s 100+ in human years!), Wisdom’s still nailing the ultimate parenting challenge: raising chicks while logging 2.5 million flight miles – enough to moon-and-back trips 6 times! 🌑🚀
U.S. Fish & Wildlife biologist Jonathan Plissner says: “We’re rooting for this egg like it’s the Super Bowl of conservation!” 🏈 Every successful hatch helps protect these majestic birds facing plastic pollution and climate threats.
