Orlando, she continues to exhibit her work both internationally and nationally. Kitty Harvill holds the children’s book on Wisdom the Laysan Albatross that she illustrated Kitty Harvill “I fell in love with Wisdom, the 68-year old Midway Laysan...
habitats. Albatross huggers Pelagicos graduate Ilana Nimz, David Golden & David Hyrenbach pose proudly with an image of Wisdom, Midway Atoll's 69-something Laysan Albatross Laysan Albatross – marine debris collage. Courtesy of Pelagicos graduate student...
to look after there are two world-famous pairs of albatrosses to keep a watchful eyeover: 69-year old Laysan Albatross Wisdom and her mate Akeamakai (currently on a ‘gap year’) and George and Geraldine, the only Short-tailed Albatross pair that breeds...
chick Access past posts about George and Geraldine here. Midway Atoll 's other well-known albatross pair, 69-something Wisdom and mate Akeakamai, the Laysan Albatrosses P. immutabilis, are taking a 'gap year', having not laid an egg this season (click...
ACAP-listed Balearic Shearwater P. mauretanicus is recorded as being only 12 years old. The oldest known seabird remains Wisdom, the 69+year Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis – still alive at last report. John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 03...
del Sur)*, adding to long-term datasets held by the British Antarctic Survey. Previous ACAP Latest News postings on Wisdom the female Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis of Midway Atoll, who reached the ripe old age of at least 69 this year,...
information to assess the long-term albatross population trends and ultimately the productive health of the ocean. As Wisdom has proven, albatrosses are long-lived species and can skip a year of breeding. Sexual maturity typically occurs at 8-10 years...
By now regular readers of ACAP Latest News must know who Wisdom is, the famous 69-year old Laysan Albatross of Midway Atoll (see her ALN string). The last post had the pair returning to their usual nest site on Midway’s Sand Island in November, but no...
day of the chick finally leaving the shell may be difficult to record). Meanwhile, Midway's other famous pair, 69-something Wisdom and mate Akeakamai, the Laysan Albatrosses P. immutabilis, are taking a 'gap year', having not laid an egg this season...
ABUN works here. Kitty Harvill has featured in ACAP Latest News before. She is the illustrator of the children’s book on Wisdom, the female Laysan Albatross who is the world’s oldest known bird (see ALN’s review), still going strong at an estimated 69...