"Of the more than 250,000 birds banded since [biologist] Chandler Robbins banded Wisdom in 1956, the next oldest bird we know about currently is just 52 years old," says Jon Plissner.
"In the decades since, Wisdom, like other Laysan albatross, or moli in Hawaiian, has continued to fly to Midway every year to nest," highlighting her enduring resilience and commitment.
"Wisdom is resilient. Eggs she and her mate incubated have occasionally gone missing. In 2011, she survived a deadly tsunami," illustrating the challenges she has faced and overcome.
"Wisdom likely spends the year flying 'in the North Pacific and/or southern Bering Sea, around the Aleutians and perhaps west toward the Kamchatka Peninsula and Japan,'" detailing her migratory patterns.
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