More disruption in the animal world, this time in Canada.

"The balmy weather has tricked many members of the wildlife community into altering their usual migration schedules, sleeping habits and feeding and breeding patterns.
Wildlife biologists, ornithologists and zoologists working in the Montreal area are concerned the survival of some of these animals could be threatened in coming months.
Some animal anarchy reported in the area includes:
Canada geese, which usually migrate south, are staying put. An annual Montreal Christmas bird count found an all-time high number of the waterfowl - 2,832 - on the open water of the St. Lawrence River. The previous record was 1,185 Canada geese, counted in 2001.
Raccoons and skunks are forgoing their short but important hibernation period and burning up stored fat that they will need in the event of a deep freeze.
Eastern grey squirrels, Montreal's most common variety, are feeding instead of nesting - and getting fatter. At the same time, the fox squirrel, a bigger, reddish-brown animal with a more southerly range, has been moving into this region.
Opossums, marsupials usually associated with the U.S. South, are invading southern Quebec.
"There's a pile of stuff going on," said Lynn Miller, a wildlife biologist at Le Nichoir, a bird refuge in Hudson. "There will be winners and losers."
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