Wisdom is a wild female Laysan albatross, the oldest confirmed wild bird in the world and the oldest banded bird in the world. First tagged in 1956 at Midway Atoll by the United States Geological Surv
Wisdom with one of her chicks, March 2011
Wisdom (left) with her mate Akeakamai in 2015
Bird ringing or bird banding is the attachment of a small, individually numbered metal or plastic tag to the leg or wing of a wild bird to enable individual identification. This helps in keeping track
Wisdom (albatross)
…Wisdom (officially designated #Z333) is a wild female Laysan albatross, the oldest confirmed wild bird in the world and the oldest banded bird in the world. First tagged in 1956 at Midway Atoll by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), she was still incubating eggs as late as 2025…
A researcher uses ringing pliers to attach a ring to the leg of a Eurasian blackcap.
Ringing a black-headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Laridae) nestling
A box of equipment for measuring, weighing and ringing birds.
Ringed sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) at the Llano Seco Unit of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex