Little G.

See Little larger in large ("L").

I was going to call this the "Goosle Fledgling", or even "Juvenile Goosle", but perhaps Little G. is just a proper Goosle. It is now almost as big as Mrs., and today (for the first time) made the same sort of loud trumpeting call that Mrs. does (which might suggest/confirm that Little G. is female, but I'm still not certain). Little's plumage is pretty much adult now, and although she still looks young and fairly slight, she's plenty old enough to be independent (as Little Little quite plainly demonstrates...). She spends less time with Mr. and Mrs.: today they were snoozing on the island but Little G. and Little Little were on or near the edge. Little G. made the shrill, metallic trumpeting noise when she heard Mr. and Mrs. swimming over to the edge (Mr. was chuntering to himself...), and then she stood up from where she'd been resting and marched over to join them.

Little G. is quite a character: today she was chasing mallards... They were diving underwater very energetically (they'd flap and almost take off, but then just dive down beneath the surface), and the hubbub got Little all riled up and she flew off to chase the mallards which was rather exciting to watch. She was then so hyped up afterwards and looked very wild (standing very close to me...). She's also mad about dabbling along edges (much more so than the others) and combs the edges of the pond for roots and algae while the others mostly graze on land. Today she was stamping her feet on the bottom of the pond (near the edge) to disturb it so that she could find more tempting morsels. She was also tasting all of the different newly fallen leaves (a new experience) and didn't seem overly impressed.
She was here moving along the edge (just to the left of frame) pulling out roots and leaves at water level.

p.s. Little Little yawning...