Update: Monday 7:30 a.m. -- no visible progress from what is reported below. Now into Day Two, the goose continues to incubate at least one egg, the gander continues his watch at her side, and the four or five goslings hatched about 24 hours ago appear restless to get out from under mom and hit the water.

The Canada Goose nesting on our pond hatched eggs Sunday, with at least one gosling yet to make the break. We count five hatched goslings, probably, maybe six. And one unhatched egg for certain, maybe two. A usual brood is five to six goslings. The goose is sitting most of the time, so progress is a secret. The gander has stood on the nest platform, at her side, on alert the entire day. I first saw them at 7:30 a.m., and at 9:30 p.m., with barely enough light to tell, he remained on guard. I did not see him off the nest platform ever. He did lie down for perhaps 15 minutes in late afternoon. At that point, both geese shut their eyes briefly now and then (second photo). I could not find information on hatching sequence, whether or not eggs unhatched for more than 12 hours after initial hatchings is normal or not. An egg can be seen directly under the goose in the photo below.

Canada Goose pair with eyes shut.