Winter Sets in Western Ohio

Here we are over a week away from the official start of Winter, and yet we have had a solid 3 weeks, since before Thanksgiving Day of well below cold temperatures, with a bit of ice and snow mixed in....and the back yard Yellow Finches of Summer have been replaced by the Annual Visit of our resident Hawk, who arrives just about everyday to see if he{she?} can grab onto a marauding unlucky Sparrow....the Sunflowers are long gone, but their seeds remain in my garage, for next springs plantings....