Amazing article about the breeding life span of one midway albatross

spike.t · Sep 2, 2026

An albatross still breeding after 75 years....

A biologist banded a Laysan albatross on Midway Atoll in December 1956, and the same bird, Wisdom, was still returning to the colony and raising chicks nearly 70 years later at roughly age 75, making one worn metal leg band the longest-running tracki

A single metal leg band has tracked one albatross across seven decades of ocean and loneliness, rewriting what we thought possible about a wild animal's span.

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JPbowhunter · Sep 2, 2026

Fascinating! Thanks for the link.

Hunt anything · Sep 3, 2026

Great article!
One of my waterfowl hunting buddies is a waterfowl biologist with the USFWS and he spends a couple of weeks every year banding birds on Midway. His focus is the Layson duck which is considered the rarest duck in the world. There’s only a couple hundred left.
I don’t think the albatross’s are there when he’s on Midway. I’ll have to ask him if he’s ever seen her.
Thanks for sharing!

BRICKBURN · Sep 3, 2026

45s_Forever · Sep 4, 2026

Very interesting, thanks for sharing!

Amazing article about the breeding life span of one midway albatross

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A biologist banded a Laysan albatross on Midway Atoll in December 1956, and the same bird, Wisdom, was still returning to the colony and raising chicks nearly 70 years later at roughly age 75, making one worn metal leg band the longest-running tracki

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