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January 1997 update:
On 18 January, Mike O'Leary found a blue-phase Snow Goose with the hundreds of Canada Geese roosting on the ponds on Village Road and Oakwood; these geese feed during the day in the corn fields on Ford Road and Greenfield. The Snow Goose was still present as of 30 January. Mike is a Dearborn cop, and described the discovery:
My partner and I were on our way to arrest a shoplifer at the Super K-Mart when I saw a flock of geese fly overhead. They were heading to the Ford ponds.On 18 January, Jerry Sadowski also relocated the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker first found on 27 December.
"Hey -- one of those is a Snow Goose!" I said.
'"Huh?" said my partner.
"Let's pick up this shoplifer quick and get over to the ponds before dark."
"What?" said my partner.
So we picked up the shoplifer, dropped him off, and went over to the ponds. By this time hundreds of geese had come to roost, and the light was fading. I put on my spotlight and sure enough, the Snow Goose popped his head up.
"There it is!" I said.
"Uh, right," said my partner. He hasn't ridden with me since.
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