Wisdom, the 75-year-old Laysan albatross, has returned once again to her nesting site at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the central Pacific for the 2025–2026 season. Known as the world’s oldest breeding bird, Wisdom has produced an estimated 50 to 60 eggs over her lifetime, raising around 30 chicks. Each year, Laysan albatrosses, or mōlī in Hawaiian, return to the same nesting sites to reunite with their mates and lay a single egg. This year, Wisdom arrived slightly earlier than usual,
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Wisdom, the 75-year-old Laysan albatross, has returned once again to her nesting site at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the central Pacific for the 2025–2026 season.
1440. . Wisdom, the 75-year-old Laysan albatross, has returned once again to her nesting site at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the central Pacific for the 2025–2026 season. Known as the world’s oldest breeding bird, Wisdom has produced an estimated 50 to 60 eggs over her lifetime, raising around 30 chicks. Each year, Laysan ...
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Laysan ducklings learn to dabble and stick close to mom at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in Hawai‘i. While the small, dabbling duck remains endangered, thanks to huge conservation efforts that included two relocations in the last 20 years, there are now established koloa pōhaka populations on Midway and Kure atolls. Video by Dan Rapp / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Volunteer Video Description: Four Laysan ducklings wade through shallow waters under the careful watch of their mother. | U
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Midway atoll has become a National Wildlife Refuge and is an amazing place. We were very fortunate to make a few stops there during our search for the midway carriers. This video is about some of the wildlife found there and the issues facing the atoll. | RV Petrel
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Midway atoll has become a National Wildlife Refuge and is an amazing place. We were very fortunate to make a few stops there during our search for the midway carriers. This video is about some of the wildlife found there and the issues facing the atoll. | RV Petrel
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