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Observations and records maintained by the Hudson's Bay Company at York Factory and Churchill Factory on Hudson Bay between 1714 and 1825, serve as the source of information for a study of changes in the date of arrival of geese as a phonological indicator of climatic change. Changes in the migration pattern of geese are reflected in the changing date of arrival at the same location over a long period of time. Variations in this date are determined to be a function of southerly or tailwinds in the northward spring migration.
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Ball, T. The migration of geese as an indicator of climate change in the southern Hudson Bay region between 1715 and 1851. Climatic Change 5, 85–93 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02423429
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