One of the best feel-good stories I know of concerns an aging albatross on a tiny island in the Pacific Ocean.
That albatross has been given the fond name of “Wisdom” and she is the oldest wild bird on the planet as far as humans can determine.
Wisdom will turn at least 70 this year and while she spends most all her time at sea, she returns each year to Midway Island for nesting and breeding. She was first banded by naturalist Chandler Robbins in 1956, the year Dwight Eisenhower was elected president.
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