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Looks like an upper bay bird. Could be a Madison Mitchell. Possibly a re-head, although a nice job of it. Mitchell invented and used his own carving machine to make his bodies. Some of his birds ...
You have what appear to be some Mason decoys. These are collectable, although without paint, and having cracks lowers the value quite a bit. I recently paid $60.00 for an un-painted Mason decoy. The...

This is a factory made bird. It could be a Mason. The rings on the body and head tell that it was made on a duplicating lathe machine. These machines were used by Mason to carve decoys in Michigan....
It appears that you have examples of four different makers. The bird in the left front of the picture appears to be from the Animal Trap factory. Notice the annular rings on the body. These are mad...