They have been pissed with the frozen ground. Yesterday I saw them in the thousands headed west. Not enough people fed them or even cared during the cold wave. But now things are changing, from drought to 2 soaking rain events this week. Watch for flooding in the west and isolated severe east of the mountains as punishment. Looks a little rocky in the extended, some dabs of cold and dry/warm. It’s so early in the winter so I bet if people had a heart and fed the birds we will score again. For the past several winters, March has been our go to month in western NC. Lots to hammer out, but this winter will already at least be a B+ in my book. Up to 6” of snow, mega cold, etc. I did not come back as Wilkes because I rejoined at a time when my personality was Ian Gallagher. I was fortunate to be hit head on by EF1 tornado in November, which led me to a new internet service, and a new chance to log back on under a new network. The home is okay, but the birds lost quiet a few trees. I was outside trying to get into a basement when the blue power flashes occurred down the street. The birds gave me ample warning time on a otherwise dreary cool day. I would have never thought a tornado would have occurred in those conditions. I missed getting the actual tornado on my phone as I gave up when trees and power lines started to come down too close for comfort. It sounded like the train that goes by Roaring River in the eastern part of the county was on top of me.