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World?s Oldest Wild Bird a New Mom Again - at 62!

February 7, 2013, 03:45 AM

http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/u...new-mom-again/

World?s Oldest Wild Bird a New Mom ? Again
Categories: Ecosystems, Featured
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:30 pm By: Catherine Puckett cpuckett@usgs.gov; Bruce Peterjohn BPeterjohn@usgs.gov; Hannah Hamilton, hhamilton@usgs.gov

A Laysan albatross named Wisdom just hatched a new chick on the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.

Wisdom, who is at least 62, is not only the world?s oldest-known wild bird, but she?s also the oldest-known wild bird mom...

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February 7, 2013, 10:23 AM

Re: World?s Oldest Wild Bird a New Mom Again - at 62!

Very cool. Imagine all the great, great, great, great, etc. grandchicks she has flying the oceans.

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