According to staff at the hotel this pair nests near this pond each year, but they leave after the goslings hatch. In 2014 I saw them come back through the area once. In 2015 I didn't see them return at all although I did see another goose use the nest for her eggs. This page has images of the 2014 goslings and the next page has the 2015 goslings.

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Day-old goslings - they broke free of their shells on April 8, 2014.
[Four fuzzy yellow and brown little ones stand at the feet of an adult goose.]

Everyone on the move for food.
[Four fuzzy yellow and brown little ones lined up and on the move in the foreground with a parent right beside them in the background.]

They may be fresh out of the egg, but they're already swimmers.
[A side view of all six swimming. One parent is in the lead with three in a row behind it. In the back is another adult with a gosling to its left.]

Normally all goslings are kept between the parents, but apparently one little one wanted to stay close to Mom.
[A back view where three little ones are almost under the butt of the front adult and the fourth little one follows close to the butt of the second adult in the back.]

A close view of the fuzzy, little ones.
[Two complete goslings and one partial one are seen by the back end of an adult. They're so fuzzy looking it makes you want to touch them to see if they're as soft as they look.]

The family disappeared within a day of when I took the prior photos. Thirteen days later amid lots of honking they returned with another family walking through the parking lot as if they owned the place.
The family furthest from the camera is the one from above while the family in the back has two older goslings.
[All the geese are walking on the sidewalk away from the camera. The older two goslings have a parent on either side while the parents of the four walk in front with their goslings in between them and the second family.]

A closer view of the 13 day old goslings.
[Two adults walk in between a vehicle and the little ones (shielding them) as they traverse the parking lot. The goslings now have tiny wings visible on their sides.]

Continue to page 5 to see the 2015 goslings from this pair.

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All photos © S. M. Garver