Note the time shift from last year when I started this thread. Long, cold winter with not much snow? I saw this trend start back in August. Early bluejays, woodpeckers, chickadees, blackbirds, starlings... hornets becoming aggressive when the flowers started to wane early this year. And all of this without being up in the woods... just observations in my backyard in the city.

We'll see. I am VERY intrigued. I expect one more warm rain on or just after the full moon... then, the next few weeks should tell the tale of the winter to come.