Just a week before Christmas I came down with cold symptoms and tested positive for Covid. Leo was not far behind. This meant we had to miss our final Christmas performances and postpone our Christmas trip to Smithers to see my mom. We missed out on the annual Christmas Bird Count. (Temperatures were in the minus 30s C so maybe that wasn't such a bad thing.)
We both were candidates for the antiviral drug paxlovid so that and our five vaccinations probably have something to do with our mild symptoms. Nevertheless we have been self isolating for the last week and will continue till we test negative.
Leo is keeping busy shoveling snow and chasing cats, pigeons and this handsome fellow away from our bird feeders.
Our friends have been dropping essential groceries and goodies so we are hardly suffering. It's been too cold for cross country skiing or hikes anyway though now it's warmed up just in time for Christmas Eve.
Keeping the birds fed is keeping us on our toes as well.
A flock of 50 bohemian waxwings landed in our linden tree then flew off again, probably heading for the laden mountain ash down the street. This is the only shot Leo got!
So a quiet Christmas for us this year.
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