Northern exposure By DINA CAPPIELLO - Associated Press - 02/10/2009 ...An Audubon Society study to be released today shows that the Snow goose is spending the winter more that 200 miles farther north than it used to in 1966. WASHINGTON — When it comes to global warming, the canary in the coal mine isn’t a canary at all. It’s a purple finch. As the temperature across the U.S. has gotten warmer, the purple finch has been spending its winters more than 400 miles farther north than it used to... read more