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Yikes! Feel better soon. And in the meantime, don't get so feverish that you hallucinate birds....

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Ha! That would give the poor eBird administrator a headache! Condors and thick-billed parrots in the yard! Together!

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You can dream, but you can't record what's not actually there! (And my comment was partly a reference to my memoir, Bless the Birds, and Richard's bird hallucinations. Which disappointed my brother greatly by being red-winged blackbirds, not something less common.)

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I'll settle on this morning's FOS Swainson's Thrush then!

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Susan, you’re book was wonderful and heart wrenching. Thank you for sharing it with us. I have had this on a post it note since I read it: “to live with my heart outstretched as if it were my hand...”

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Oh, thank you, Karen! I love that line, and I'm glad it spoke to you too. Blessings!

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Sorry to hear that you got Covid! Hope you’re feeling better by now. Lovely bird pictures as usual.

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Thanks Wendy! I'm feeling better, past the fever part but still testing positive. Able to get out and look for birds!

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Hope you are on the mend. Did you get Paxlovid? Lose your taste? I lost mine for over 3 weeks!

Do you have all of those winter sparrows already? I'm only seeing GTTO, VESP, BRSP and CHSP.

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Thanks Arlene--yes, feeling better. But still testing positive. I didn't get Paxlovid, just stuck to Ibuprophen and lots of fluids. Didn't lose my taste either, which I'm happy about! The sparrows are early this year, especially the white-crowns and Lincoln's!

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Consider yourself lucky that you didn't lose your taste. Glad you seem to have had mild symptoms. Looking around, there is hardly any green grass in this grassland so I expect winter sparrows to be very poor. I'm depressed about that. Only 7.45" since Jan 1. Worst year ever.

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Be well! And thanks always for the bird updates.

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Thanks Michael! First of the season Swainson's Thrush came in this morning!

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Get well soon, Ken. Hope you have lots of rest and lots of visits to the back yard to keep you company.

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Great birds! I hope feel better quickly.

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