GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦Dec 2

She’s Back! Wisdom The Incredible Laysan Albatross Has Returned

"The world’s oldest known wild bird, Wisdom, the Laysan albatross, has returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge to nest."

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#Albatross #seabirds #birds #ornithology #conservation #MidwayAtoll #evolution https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/12/02/shes-back-wisdom-the-incredible-laysan-albatross-has-returned/

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@grrlscientist I once met a Laysan Albatross. It was nearly a religious experience, such a beautiful bird! She had ridden into the Port of Oakland on a fishing vessel. I was working as a volunteer at the Lindsay Museum where she ended up. She needed a ride back out to mid ocean so we arranged to have her ride on a large freighter headed for Asia with someone on board who agreed to release her midway. I was delivering her to that ship.
When I arrived at the port, the security guard had been advised that I would be coming.
He greeted me with,”Are you the gal with the apple sauce ?”
I corrected him. He didn’t care 😂
Dec 3 at 3:05amWeb
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@fondoffawns @grrlscientist props to the guard not to question why you would want to dump apple sauce mid-ocean. 😄