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 ...

You have never seen a live Labrador Duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius); the species went extinct in the late 1800s. The rather plain-looking bird isn't found on display in many museums, and other ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Of the four birds currently on display as sculptures in the Enid A. Haupt Garden, the Labrador duck is the one about which we know the least.