hey,
Absolutly!here in N.Illinois,we've had Western Plains Garter snakes cruising thru are yard on warm winter days,a couple years back we had a mild Dec. and seen quite afew nice sized ones,(round the first week),going thru the flower garden along the side of the house,we just had Temps in the lower 60's here for the last two days,so Ive been watching but saw nothing,today its mid 50's,and Tornado's came thru this area yesterday.Apple Orchard thats about 20 miles away was destroyed,and our kids,got home from school quite late,they where sent to Tornado shelters,just as school was being dismissed,it's been a wild 24 hrs.!!!

Joe