View 2 Marty Collins Bufflehead Duck Decoys By Marty Collins; glass; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.

View Marty Collins Bufflehead Drake Duck Decoy By Marty Collins; paint, relief wing carving, features copper; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.

Find out what makes the bufflehead unique among diving ducks and other interesting facts about this little butterball of a ...

This unique diving duck has a small body and a relatively large head. The males are colorful and vibrant, with iridescent heads that appear black, purple, or green depending on the light.

About 60 years ago, Lloyd said, the decoy industry began to change as hunters used birds made of plastic or other materials. Old wooden decoys were sold cheaply, thrown out or even burned.

In a Nov. 7, 2013 photo, Steve Kerper pieces together a hand-carved wooden duck decoy in his antique shop, in New Vienna, Iowa. Kerper started carving as a hobby and sells his wooden duck decoys ...

We looked for mallard, merganser and bufflehead ducks in a strange place way out in the country, somewhere called “The Sinks.” There the spring ponds would disappear by fall.

Calling to the ducks with a single reed duck call is a true art form, pleading with and cajoling cagey birds to fly overhead or join the decoys. Ducks are always shot while in flight, and high ...

I put my live-decoy coop on the saw­ grass clump. Since the mud bot­ tom was firm the coop made a perfect seat. Mose took our Dan Kidney duck boat back into the willows, and I went to work. It didn’t ...