By Dean Murray

Environmentalists are celebrating after the world’s oldest bird has been spotted alive and well.

Wisdom, a 75-year-old Laysan albatross, has returned for nesting season to the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge near Honolulu, Hawaii.

It comes after the wild seabird successfully laid an egg last year for the first time in four years. She was seen feeding her latest chick in February.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) said: "The queen returns!

"Like other Laysan albatross, or mōlī in Hawaiian, Wisdom returns to the same nesting site each year to reunite with her mate, and if able, lay one egg."

Wisdom’s arrival to the refuge in the central Pacific Ocean is slightly earlier than prior years. Her new mate from last year has not been seen yet, according to

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