If water fowl make more noise than usual, also if robins approach nearer houses than usual, expect frost soon.
Wild Ducks.
Wild ducks scattered around the lakes near Lake Superior form in large flocks and go south one month earlier in cold or early winters than in mild or pleasant winters.
Wild Geese.
Wild geese flying over in great numbers indicates approaching storm.
Wild geese, wild geese, going to the sea,
Good weather it will be;
Wild geese, wild geese, going to the hill,
The weather it will spill.
Wild geese moving south indicates approaching cold weather, moving north, indicates that most of winter is over.