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The numbers are in: Midway Atoll’s latest Annual Albatross Nest Count approaches half a million breeding pairs
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...
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Laysan Albatrosses Wisdom and Akeakamai are taking a gap year
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...
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UPDATE: Midway’s Short-tailed Albatrosses, George and Geraldine, hatch their latest egg
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...
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Artists & Biologists Unite for Nature and ACAP collaborate over this year’s World Albatross Day
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...
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UPDATE. Wisdom the Laysan Albatross, and the world’s oldest known bird, is back on Midway Atoll
UPDATE: The pair on 9 November, photograph by Emily Jankowski / USFWS Wisdom's current mate (Akeakamai; Red G00) was seen back on Midway on 9 November, next to Wisdom (Red Z33). It is suggested it is a bit late for an egg this season, so they may take...
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In the service of conservation: support for World Albatross Day comes from five wildlife artists
Examples of their works and their statements in support of World Albatross Day follow. Kitty Harvill “I fell in love with Wisdom, the 68-year old Midway Laysan Albatross, while creating illustrations for the book by the same name. She’s well named, and...
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Four children’s book authors support next year's World Albatross Day
brings the albatross into our lives, and knowledge can spark the desire to protect our natural world.” Darcy Pattison - Wisdom the Midway Albatross: Surviving the Japanese Tsunami and other Disasters for over 60 Years "I first learned about albatrosses...
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Laysan Albatrosses Wisdom (68 years old) and Akeakamai hatch their latest egg on Midway Atoll
Wisdom, the Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis who is the world’s oldest known wild bird, has returned once more to the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the USA’s North Western Hawaiian Islands for the 2018/19 breeding season. She was...
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Her eighth decade approaches: 68-something Wisdom the Laysan Albatross is back on Midway for another breeding season
Wisdom, the famous Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis who is the world’s oldest known wild bird, has returned once more to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the USA’s North Western Hawaiian Islands to commence the 2018/19 breeding season....
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Book review: Toroa’s Journey. A new albatross book for children
on the real Toroa in ALN here. Toroa is not the first real albatross to have a children's book written about it. Wisdom the famous 60-something Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis of Midway Island was the first (click here for the ALN review)....
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