Winter can be hard on animals in Switzerland, so we have a long-standing tradition of feeding them. In return they (unknowingly) agree to pose in front of the camera. I didn't have my 300 mm lens with me (why again?), so my universal lens followed by cropping had to do. Still, these few photos should be good enough for you to appreciate the beauty of these birds.

If you're Taiwanese you might want to notice the color diversity in our birds. I like to joke that Taiwanese birds only come in gray tones because every specimen that was cocky enough to sport colors either got eaten or stuffed. However, very recently I was lucky enough to spot a beautiful Black-browed Barbet and a Kingfisher on the same weekend. I guess that proves me wrong and I'll just have to start looking more closely. :-)

The second installment in the White Switzerland 2013 series. We figured we'd go feed some squirrels along the Eichhörnliweg (squirrel trail) in Arosa, but either the squirrels had gone south for the winter or been (over)fed by tourists in the few days before. While we did see a handful of deers from afar not a single squirrel showed up, so there was really nothing left to do but point the lens at the snow.