Wisdom the Laysan albatross lays another egg this year at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Reuge in Hawaii with a new mating partner.
What's next?Believed to be around 74 years old, the seabird has returned home to her nesting ground in Midway Atoll , a tiny isolated island in the Pacific Ocean, to lay yet another egg.Biologists from the US Fish and Wildlife Service think Wisdom has reared as many as 30 chicks in her time.
The USFWS reported on socials that Wisdom was paired with a new mate, who sported a band too so he could be identified in the future.The pair have months of family duties ahead of them if the egg hatches.
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