I always have a sense of relief when Wisdom shows up,” says Jon Plissner, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist who studies albatross longevity on Midway.

Kapa'a, HawaiiShe could be any of a million Laysan albatross returning each fall to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, a group of three tiny islands formed from coral reefs in the North Pacific. Here, a thousand miles north of Honolulu, scores of brilliant white seabirds dot the islands’ exposed fields, each sitting atop a single, soda can–size egg. Both males and females sport the same charcoal-smudged eyes and chocolate-brown wings, which can span six and a half feet. Her fame has drawn attention to the perils facing seabirds and Laysan albatross in particular, says Beth Flint, a Fish and Wildlife Service wildlife biologist in Honolulu. ( Learn about the global decline in seabirds.) Pollution is also a problem; sharp pieces of plastic, tons of which end up in the Pacific each year, can perforate a bird’s gut and kill it. ( Read how nearly every seabird on Earth is eating plastic.)

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It’s also likely Wisdom is older than 70; in 1956, she was conservatively estimated to be five years old, the earliest age that Laysan albatross can reach sexual maturity. And as the North Pacific warms and becomes more acidic, these changes may also affect populations of squid and other albatross prey. It’s possible squid populations will decline or shift regions, which could impact the birds’ food supply, Flint says. Filling in the gaps She’s a bird with a life span comparable to a human,” Flint says. “I think her greatest contribution is the interest she stimulates in folks. She’s also drawing more people into the sciences.” Low-key mom Even so, it’s still unknown what other effects plastic might have on Laysan albatross, which the International Union for Conservation of Nature lists as near-threatened by extinction, experts say. Such tags have revealed that breeding Laysan albatross forage way beyond the Hawaiian Islands, sometimes as far north as Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, says Rob Suryan, a marine ecologist studying seabirds at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Juneau.

As an international sensation, Wisdom is also the perfect candidate for her own webcam. Alas, Plissner says the internet at Midway is horribly slow. The next best thing would be a motion-activated camera that can be programmed to take a still picture or a short video every 15 minutes or so. Such data could give “an interesting window into the lives of these birds that have always intrigued me,” he says. The Wisdom Show? Wisdom expands the horizon of our imagination about what is possible in the natural world, and there’s plenty more to discover,” says Charles Eldermire, project leader for the Cornell lab's bird cams. “And that gives [us] more room to hope.” But there’s still much about Wisdom and her species that scientists don’t know, starting with the obvious question: How long can she live? Suryan isn’t the only one captivated by albatross—people from more than 190 countries tuned into the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s AlbatrossCam on Kauai, which was active between 2014 and 2018.Nutzt man die PC Lautsprecher nicht, gibt es kein Summen oder Brummen, das sehr nervig sein kann wenn man gerade am Computer arbeiten möchte. Dieses Problem kennen sicherlich einige mit ihren älteren PC Lautsprechern. Für alle Fälle hat man aber auch am Steuergerät einen Ein- und Ausschalter, was das ein Ein- und Ausschalten sehr einfach gestaltet und sehr praktisch ist. Als PC Lautsprecher konnte der „Z333“ in unserem Test auf jedenfall überzeugen, vor allem mit dem tollen Preis-Leistungsverhältnis. Die Lautsprecher von Logitech lassen sich an jedes Gerät anschließen das einen Cinch oder 3,5 mm-Eingang hat. Somit kann man den „Z333“ auch problemlos an Smartphone oder Tablett anschließen. Wer für das Wohnzimmer einen Lautsprecher such, dem empfehlen wir jedoch sich eher nach einem Bluetooth Lautsprecher umzuschauen. Denn diese haben oft nicht nur einen besseren Sound, sondern sind auch kabellos. Das bietet sich für Wohnzimmer und Küchen eben an. The seabirds are easy to study when they’re on land—they’re big, nest on the ground, and don’t hide. But they’re most at home at sea, far from the probing eyes of researchers.

But one bird stands out: Wisdom. Sporting the red ankle band Z333, she is at least 70 this year, the oldest-known wild bird in history.For her many years evading the lethal hazards of being an albatross—dangerous tsunamis and sharks, to name a few—on top of newer threats posed by humans, such as warming seas due to climate change, plastic pollution, and fishing lines, she was given the name Wisdom. Every fall, when Laysan albatross return to Midway after months at sea to begin their next breeding season, the skies above the islands go from relatively empty to full of birds crisscrossing over turquoise lagoons, their long, slender wings outstretched. Since then, Wisdom has become an internet darling, both at home and abroad. In Hawaii, Laysan albatross, known as mōlī, hold a prominent place in indigenous culture as a symbol of the god Lono, who represents rain and agriculture. Wisdom has also outlived several mates. Her personality, Plissner says, is fairly low-key, just what you’d expect of an experienced mom who’s laid upward of 40 eggs in her lifetime. ( See National Geographic's pictures of animal mothers and babies.) To better manage the threats and conserve the species for the long-term, scientists need more data on Laysan albatross and their behaviors.

She spends a lot of her time sleeping at the nest,” Plissner says. “We have to put a marker by her, because she does not stand out otherwise and fits in with the rest of the community.” Albatross concerns

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