
Maria, Mario: call this goose whatever you will, she's Dominic Ehrler's good friend and now lives at the L.A. Zoo.
Gary Leonard snapped this up close and personal image recently as part of media gackle that descended on Maria's new home.
Meantime, unfettered access to the Echo Park Lake is in its death throes, so go out and enjoy the Lotus Festival this weekend before the area is fenced off.
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Click here to read Ehrler's recent list of "Five Things You Should Never Say to a Goose."
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