On Friday afternoon, a group of about 30 bird enthusiasts set off around Elmira on a hunt for the Labrador duck — extinct since 1878. They succeeded, sort of. The group, some of about 100 expected ...

I grew up in the “Buttonwood Settlement” (the Brand Park area) of Elmira's Southside, where my Janowski family has lived since 1872. Our first homestead was on Robinson Street at the end of Horner ...

Glen Chilton was teaching biology at the University of Calgary, a mild-mannered ornithologist specializing in sparrow song, when he was asked to write a short account of the Labrador duck for a ...

Recognizing modern extinction, Lost Bird Project immortalizes birds already driven to extinction Sculptures dedicated to Passenger Pigeon, Carolina Parakeet, Labrador Duck, Great Auk, Heath Hen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For many years, Chocolate Labrador Retrievers were trained for hunting and retrieving ducks and other waterfowl. Over the years, ...

66 x 110 x 40 cm. (26 x 43.3 x 15.7 in.) The sculpture "Life Size Labrador with Duck" by Bruce Little is a remarkable bronze piece that captures the loyal and hardworking nature of a Labrador ...