Jon Plissner News Today

A Laysan albatross, or mōlī, known as Wisdom has been photographed dancing with potential mates at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the North Pacific Ocean.

The world’s oldest known wild bird was photographed at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in March.

Every year, Wisdom, the oldest known wild bird returns to the Midway Atoll in the Pacific. Ornithologists, who watch for her return, estimate that she is now in her seventies.

World’s Oldest Banded Wild Bird Returns to Midway Atoll in Time for her 70th Birthday. It is estimated that Wisdom has laid between 30-36 eggs in her lifetime.