Peeved Canadian snowbirds devising plans to avoid hotel-quarantine ‘jail’ by from on 2021-02-05 00:39 (#5DS8J) Jacqueline and Carey Ellingson, Canadian snowbirds in Yuma, Ariz., are scheduled to fly home March 9. But instead of enjoying their final weeks in this desert oasis - reputed to be the sunniest place on Earth" - the couple from Barrhead, Alta., say their anxiety levels couldn't be higher.