Oldest known wild bird returns to Midway Atoll to raise chick (1 Viewer)

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Gretchen

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• Mar 9, 2011

• #1

Interesting story here. 60 year old mother! Nice example of what bird banding helps us know. (By the way, this is Northern Hemisphere - maybe known older birds elsewhere?)

 

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fugl

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• Mar 10, 2011

• #2

Gretchen said:

Interesting story here. 60 year old mother! Nice example of what bird banding helps us know. (By the way, this is Northern Hemisphere - maybe known older birds elsewhere?)

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Another article on this interesting subject: http://www.slate.com/id/2287740/

 

Azzy

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• Mar 11, 2011

• #3

That is incredible. I know parrots live for a while, but I don't think there's any official recordings for any really old ones. I know of some really old captive birds But not wild ones. The fact that not only is she still alive, but the fact that she's still in breeding condition and healthy enough and strong enough to breed is fantastic. Who knows how much longer she'll live.

 

rockfowl

Mark Andrews

• Mar 11, 2011

• #4

It is sadly not looking good for Midway Atoll at present, currently being hit by Tsunami waves reported to be up to 2m high.

Fingers crossed for all areas affected....

 

MJB

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• Mar 11, 2011

• #5

Gretchen said:

Interesting story here. 60 year old mother! Nice example of what bird banding helps us know. (By the way, this is Northern Hemisphere - maybe known older birds elsewhere?)

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I guess she did it without egg-implants or IVF! She must be approaching pensionable age...
MJB

 

bkrownd

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• Mar 11, 2011

• #6

rockfowl said:

It is sadly not looking good for Midway Atoll at present, currently being hit by Tsunami waves reported to be up to 2m high.

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Water reportedly inundated 400 feet inland at Kure Atoll, wiping out a lot of nests.

 

bkrownd

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• Mar 13, 2011

• #7

Not much info here yet, but hopefully more soon:

http://peteatmidway.blogspot.com/

another:

http://ffs2011.blogspot.com/

 

rockfowl

Mark Andrews

• Mar 13, 2011

• #8

bkrownd said:

Not much info here yet, but hopefully more soon:

http://peteatmidway.blogspot.com/

another:

http://ffs2011.blogspot.com/

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Thanks, Midway looks like it needs 'many hands', quite hard hitting images, especially the trapped albatross.

 

bkrownd

Well-known member

• Mar 30, 2011

• #9

More updates:

http://pacificislandparks.com/2011/03/29/hawaii-birds-hit-hard-by-tsunami/