borrowed photograph from Decoy Book 25 October 2013
In 1970 when I moved to Maine on the coast of Gouldsboro Bay I found two decoys haphazardly hanging in a tree along my shore-line tangled in twine looking as if they had been washed there years ago by some storm. Foolishly I cut the twine and threw it away but even though neither a hunter or decoy collector I liked the old patina of the finish, the worn areas where the twine had been wrapped tightly around the forward position of the decoy just behind the head when it was hauled and stored, and the curving shape of the head, so I kept the two decoys all these years and have finally identified the one with this photo shown above that is identical to the bird I have. The second decoy is of a different species and is nowhere near in as good condition as the Black Duck decoy.
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