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title: "Wisdom the grandmother Laysan Albatross is a mum again"
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# Wisdom the grandmother Laysan Albatross is a mum again

 ![26 November 1](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/L/Laysan/26_November_1.jpeg)*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](https://friendsofmidway.org/explore/wildlife-plants/birds/albatrosses/laysan-albatross/wisdom-the-albatross/?fbclid=IwY2xjawISegJleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHTriGnD8yyiMeMG3l9qY5MvQGsov9cwRVY2-BSxu6yjWC3wq6DOM3edftA_aem_vJYLAAUpM86VpV2kWIGMwQ), 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](https://www.facebook.com/FriendsofMidwayNWR/).  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](https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=615935931025417) 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](https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=1174659117704949) 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](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/wisdoms-fledgling-n333-is-incubating-an-egg-once-more)).

 Life goes on!

 *John Cooper, Emeritus ACAP Information Officer, 12 February 2025*