Side project for winter and friends

As the snow slowly melts in the mountain valleys, teasing me with open patches of ground (which will need some maintenance and love as soon as the snow is gone for good and the temperatures stabilise above freezing...so at the end of March, approximately), I've decided to cheer myself up with a side photo-project for my friends' family product.

This interesting moment...

...When the first spring ambassadors are saffron crocuses (Crocus sativus), who one would probably associate with Northern Africa or Middle East, but not a shadowy garden in Innsbruck. I'm really exited to see them in bloom!

Garden Dwellers, Winter Time

Although we are having a thaw right now, I managed to make some close-ups of my neighbours last week, as promised. Birds of all kinds came to visit me while I was preparing for the exams (hence had little time to post anything, but one can always find a moment to drag a camera out, if something more interesting than studies is happening around ;)

So here they are, my flying neighbours!