Duck, duck...geese?

After pining for a Vitra Eames house bird for years, I finally found one at a fabulous price on eBay several months ago. I had long loved (and very slowly collected) Oiva Toikka glass birds, but this new avenue of collecting wooden birds has now become my particular fascination obsession.

I'm not an avid birder, but I have been known to take a few pictures of the cardinals who raise a family in my back yard every year, and I have feeders out for my back yard friends. I suppose the affinity I have for the real birds that come to eat outside my window is part of the reason I love having a bird collection indoors.

Even though my previous wooden animal purchase was a pair of monkeys, I had already bought three wooden birds to display on my room divider and bathroom shelves. Now take a look at my latest purchase...a pair of teak ducks...or are they geese?

As new as I am to the collecting of wooden animals, I have no background information on these, but I love their graceful bodies and inlaid eyes. One is slightly larger than the other, so they were probably sold as a male and female pair.

If you know anything about them, please share.

Smaller one on the left

Rounded profile, but slender when viewed from the back

Love their silhouettes