Rare bird! Ross's Goose

We saw a rare bird this morning!!  We drove to the Dobbins Farm Ponds . . . didn't see anything.  At the Fork Bridge we saw a great blue heron huddled against the wind.  We got breakfast, then decided to check out the new Green Pond boat landing.  Afterward I suggested - let's go see what's at the old landing.  There was a flock of about 15 Canada geese - with a little white goose walking, and then swimming, in the middle of the group.  At first we thought, just a common farm goose.  Then snow goose.  But the more we watched it, the more we realized it was much smaller than a snow goose and did not act like a tame goose at all.  We studied it carefully, and realized it had none of the black of a snow goose on its bill, but it did have the gray at the back of the bill, like a Ross's Goose.  They are not common around here at all - in fact, you won't even find them on the range maps.  We both determined that that is what it was!!  I turned it in to eBird and to the Carolina Bird Club, and got agreeable confirmation on both.  Very exciting for us!