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Resting Hooded Merganser Carved Decoy

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Resting Hooded Merganser Carved Decoy
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For your consideration is this Resting Hooded Merganser Carved Decoy. The hooded merganser is a species of small duck. The bird is striking in appearance; both sexes have crests that they can raise or lower, and the breeding plumage of the male is handsomely patterned and colored. The hooded merganser has a saw bill but is not classified as a typical merganser. Hooded mergansers are short-distance migrants, and they winter in the United States in regions where winter temperatures allow for ice-free conditions on ponds, lakes and rivers. They have two major year-round ranges. One is in the Eastern United States from the southern Canada–US border along the Atlantic Coast to the Gulf Coast in the region of the Mississippi delta. A smaller year-round range extends from Washington state and southern British Columbia to northern Idaho. This decoy shows fine construction with some wear to the beak and the tail of the decoy. There is a thick hair added to the top of the head and glass eyes adorning the resting face of this majestic waterfowl. The measurements of this decoy are 8" x 16" x 6".