Title

European bee-eater

Caption

European bee-eater (Merops apiaster), mating feeding, male handing over dragonfly to female, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Date

May 17, 2013

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Wilfried Martin

Reference

BRK21C66_454

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

50,0Mb (1,7Mb) / 17,1in x 11,4in / 5120 x 3414 (300dpi)

Keywords

2 2 animals Bee eater Bee eaters Bee-eater Central Europe Coraciiformes Europe European bee eater European bee-eater European bee-eaters German Federal Republic Germany Insect Insecta Insects Meropidae Merops apiaster Middle Europe Odonata Odonate Odonates Pterygota Two Animals adult adult animal adult animals animal animal behavior animal behaviour animal feed animal feeds animal of prey animals animals in the wild animals of prey behavior behaviour bird photography capture catch catches couple couples courting courting seasons courtship courtship display courtship feeding courtship season courtshiping display displaying dragonfly fauna feed feeding ground feeding grounds female female animal female animals females flying insect flying insects foraging give habitat hand over handing over ingestion male male animal male animals males mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time mature matures natural environment natural environments natural habitat pair perform the courtship display present prey prey animal preying preys pterygote insect rutting season search for food searching for food social behavior social behaviour social behaviours two wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography woo Aves Bird Birds animal couple animal pair animal pairs courtship behavior courtship behaviors courtship behaviour display behaviour feeding feedings maiting pair overawing pair of animals