The world’s oldest known wild bird, Wisdom, has been discovered courting a new suitor

The world’s oldest known wild bird may have lost her mate, but she was recently seen wooing a new suitor.

According to British news agency SWNS, a Laysan albatross (ML) was photographed dancing with a potential mate at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the North Pacific.

This seabird is identified by its famous band number Z333.

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She is thought to be around 72 years old.

Only occasional sightings of the wisebirds have been reported since the nesting season began in late November.

In March, she was spotted socializing with a male bird.

Her long-time mate Akeakamai has not been seen this season, nor has she been seen in the past two nesting seasons, SWNS reports.

ML females lay an egg in the first half of December, said Jonathan Plissner, a supervisory wildlife biologist with the National Wildlife Refuge. (They lay only one egg per year.)

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But that didn’t stop Wisdom, 72, from taking part in a mating dance with a number of suitors last month.

“She was still actively courting other birds in March,” Plisner told the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “She was pretty energetic for a septuagenarian.”

In 1956, biologists identified and tagged Wisdom for the first time after it laid its eggs. It is known that large seabirds do not reproduce until they are five years old.

According to Plisner, it is estimated that Wisdom laid 50 to 60 eggs and as many as 30 fledglings during her lifetime.

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Every year, millions of seabirds return to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the North Pacific to nest and raise their chicks.

In 1956, a biologist first banded the albatross Wisden.

According to the sanctuary’s website, it is a refuge for millions of “seabirds, shorebirds and a variety of marine life that call the island home.”

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“The purpose of the Midway National Wildlife Refuge and the Battle of Midway National Memorial is to serve as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds, monk seals, sea turtles and other wildlife while protecting everything from commercial Pacific Cable Company to the historic Battle of Midway, “The website also pointed out.

A few years ago, Fox Digital News reported that when Wisdom is not spawning, she spends 90 percent of her time at sea, feeding on squid and fish eggs.

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in 2018: “In the past, many albatrosses were tied with aluminum tape, which sometimes corroded from sand and salt water. These early tapes often failed in 20 years or less Falling off inside.

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But that was not the case with Wisdom, who was reportedly first ringed in 1956 by a biologist named Chandler Robbins. of rings.

The Laysan albatross, known as “ml” in Hawaiian, is a long-lived seabird that pairs with a single mate for life, Live Science reports.

“These birds are named after the breeding colony of 145,000 pairs on Laysan, one of the northwest Hawaiian Islands, 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) northwest of Honolulu.”

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