About a week ago, a new young goose was dropped off at the lake that was the same age as the other youngsters. She even follows people around making baby noises, so she's probably under a year old. Someone overheard them say that they were releasing a goose that was injured back to the wild. But, many speculate it might be the 6th baby goose who went missing at about a week or so old. We don't know where it would have been all this time, though.
I think it might be a girl and she was following around people at the lake, including fishing boats. I witnessed a pair of men possibly hitting her with one of their oars when she wouldn't leave them alone. She seems fine and uninjured and I'm not sure if they hit her or hit the water near her.
The family doesn't want her around.
She was following me around far from the family when the outcast gander, Picked On, came over and led her back to the others. She seemed to like him, but he showed no interest in her.
Here she is near the rest of the other geese, trying to get herself into the group. I didn't want to get any closer so as not to ruin her chance to get accepted. Later, though, I saw that she left on her own again.
Little trouble is still around and is changing his body feathers. Here he is about five days ago:
Here he is, yesterday. I can tell it was him by his bill color, body shape, and his fuzzy butt. He's starting to get a green head.
I had a hard time finding him. There are a lot of males in various stages of molt. Here is another male:
Here is one with no gray on him at all, but a black bill.
Here is a video I put together on Trouble:
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