Wild Fowl Decoys

Wild Fowl Decoys is an art reference book by American collector Joel Barber.

[3] This heavily illustrated book aimed to be a comprehensive guide to the carved wooden duck decoy.

Used by early American waterfowl hunters, this type of decoy was promoted by the author as a form of folk art.

The book is considered by art historians to be the first on the subject, and was a bible to decoy collectors throughout the 20th century.

The watercolor illustrations painted by Barber for the book are in the collection of the Shelburne Museum.