--UNS_gsauns2_3014124405 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline Hi gang, The goose that I saw with a flock of Canada Geese at Black Hill Park on December 6 had the following features: (1) Overall brown coloration rather than buffy, no white face pattern and no dark belly barring; (2) Orange bill without any large protuberances and did not appear to be disproportionately large (about Canada Goose size vs. swan size); (3) Orange legs and feet - the goose was swimming in an area with standing and fallen dead trees and had to walk on a fallen tree trunk to reach another open swimming area - its feet and legs were fully exposed; (4) About the body size of the Canada Geese; (5) High pitched flight call clearly heard when it flew (its flight path was low, towards me, but slightly to the side and than low away) with a flock of Canada Geese - not a barnyard or Canada Goose honk. The goose was well seen during good light with 10x binoculars - about 100-150 feet away while in the water. For those that know the area or would like to look for it, I observed it from the stone/dirt jetty type structure that juts into the water on the other side of the road from the boat ramp. It was feeding in the grasses near the far bank and then was swimming among the standing and fallen dead trees for about a total of 10 minutes. It was not in the open water between the jetty structure and the road. This Sunday I revisited the same area and only saw Hooded Mergansers and Mallards. Next to the boat ramp, about 100+ yards away from where I saw the goose, were 5 obviously domestic geese (They approached me for food.), not the same bird I saw - buffy in basic coloration, larger bodies and heads, some with black bills and some with orange bills, orange legs, larger/heavier bills. Your comments or questions are encouraged. Happy birding, Dan Eberly --UNS_gsauns2_3014124405--