Sometimes in cold weather, even a goose down coat may not be enough, and that thought apparently helped prompt rescue efforts Sunday night by firefighters in Loudoun County.

They went to the aid of a goose that seemed to be in some sort of distress on a frozen pond south of Dulles International Airport, according to the county firefighters’ union.

In a Facebook post, IAFF Local 3756 said crews from the Dulles South Fire Department and the Aldie fire department were alerted to the plight of the goose.

Whether because of injury or illness, the firefighters’ group said, the goose was “stuck on top of a frozen pond.”

Several methods of retrieving the bird were tried. But apparently none succeeded.

A goose was rescused from a frozen pond just south of Dulles airport. (Courtesy of IAFF Local 3756)

Finally, the union said, firefighters attached to rescue unit 607 put on ice rescue suits and went out into the pond and got the goose.

Photos posted on the union’s Facebook page show a rescuer in a glistening yellow suit headed out through the water in the darkness toward the edge of the iced- over area.

Another photo shows a rescuer headed back to shore, with a long pole in one hand, and the goose grasped in the other.

A spokeswoman with the Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Department said the goose was handed over to a wildlife rescue league.