I took a long way around on my way to Neue Nationalgalerie to see the current Monica Bonvicini exhibition as well as the 100 works by Gerhard Richter currently on (permanent?) loan and swung by two good birdwatching spots in Tiergarten. I am doing OK as long as they sit still :-).

First up – those exotic-almost-unreal, but vicious bullies – the Mandarin Duck, are back. The scare the domestic duck, although those are twice their size. I was happy to see – from above on a bridge – that they are are as inelegant in the air as they are in their behaviour towards the native species.