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What can a dog teach us? When it comes to a black Labrador named Moses, it’s how to heal—and what it means to truly love. In Even the Dog Knows, NYT bestselling author Jason Wright takes readers on a 1,000-mile road trip beside a lonely man whose wife left for a fresh start but couldn’t convince him to join her; his grandson, a young man who might be destined to make the same mistakes, and their wise, old dog, who knows it’s up to him to bring everyone together. Moderated by Cliff Garstang of the Staunton Augusta Waynesboro Group at the Staunton Public Library on 3/16/23.
Photo by Pat Jarrett/Virginia Humanities
My family says I am beautiful! And sweet, always SO sweet!! Nothing bothers me!
And I love them.
Minha famÃlia diz que sou lindo, e doce, sempre tão doce!! E nada me incomoda!
E eu os amo!
Camptorhynchus labradorius
Extinct since 1878
The Labrador duck became the first species unique to North America to go extinct. Before European settlers arrived in America, the duck was probably already rare, due to the fact that they only consumed small mollusks and other unique physical characteristic the duck possessed. The last Labrador Duck was seen in 1878 in Elmira New York. The duck species was black, with a white chest, head, and wings. Unlike most bird species today, the Labrador had a wide, flattened bill with soft tissue at the tip, to help it forage for prey in the sediment. It is considered a sea duck based on the specific bones in its feet.
The Labrador duck was also known as the pied duck and skunk duck, the former being a vernacular name that it shared with the surf scoter and the common goldeneye (and even the American oystercatcher), a fact that has led to difficulties in researching this species. Both names refer to the male's striking white/black piebald coloration. Yet another common name was sand shoal duck, referring to its habit of feeding in shallow water.
The exact reason for the Labrador Duck extension is not exactly clear. European settlers didn’t really hunt the Labrador duck species because their meat went bad quickly. Their eggs, however, were readily harvested, and this could have caused the final decline in the species’ population. The closest evolutionary relatives of the Labrador duck are apparently the Scoters. There are five species of Scoters and the most popular in New England are the Black or American Scoter, the White Winged Scoter and the Surf Scoter. The Black Scoter is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN though the other two have generally healthy populations.
The Endangered Species Project: New England
Exhibition Dates: February 4 - April 14, 2019
Public Lecture and Closing Reception with the Artist: Saturday, April 13
Gallery Hours: M-F 10am - 8pm; Weekends 10am-5pm
Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave, Allston, Massachusetts 02134
Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard is pleased to present an exhibition of work from Montana-based potter Julia Galloway's most recent body of work, The Endangered Species Project: New England. Galloway works from each state's official list of species identified as endangered, threatened or extinct. She has created a series of covered jars, one urn for each species, illustrating the smallest Agassiz Clam Shrimp to the largest Eastern Elk.
Read more about this exhibition here:
ofa.fas.harvard.edu/ceramics/gallery224/endangered-specie...
I think all our staff members wanted to stop working when this cute bunch appeared. They came in for their vaccinations & microchips. Absolutely delightful puppies.
my mums labrador milly
taken up sandringham woods
had this picture put onto canvas in black and white for my mum's Christmas present
she loved it
milly her best mate since my dad died