Caption

Hoopoe (Upupa epops) Bird of the Year 2022, male with food, bridal gift, mating, courtship, foraging, erected canopy against the light, sunrise, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Date

May 20, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK25E38_406

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

49,3Mb (1,8Mb) / 16,9in x 11,3in / 5084 x 3389 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted no one No People nobody uninhabited empty morning morning Morning break of dawn morning atmosphere break of dawn morning scene UNESCO male animal male animals male male adult male Aves Bird Birds wild animal wild animals animals in the wild Wildlife foraging foraging search for food searches for food searching for food forage hunting food foraging for food search of food looking for food animal feed animal feeds food fodder animal behaviour animal animals sunrise sunrises sun rise sunrisetime sunrise time nature open air German wildlife fauna Europe Europe's courtship season courting seasons mood atmosphere natural preserve natural preserves nature park natural park nature park Naturpark reserve reserves protected area sanctuary conservation area male males erect erected upstanding upright courtship display display courtship behavior courtship behaviour courtship behaviors Upupa epops Hoopoe Hoopoes atmospheric moody Biosphere Reserve Biosphere Reserves Biosphere Park european East Germany Eastern Germany social behaviour social behavior social behaviours nature reserve nature reserves natural preserve natural preserves nature conservation area NSG natural reserve environmental reserve display behaviour overawing imprinting imponation courtship mating courting courtshiping court courts courtships courtship display display displaying displays woos woo wooing Germany German Federal Republic Republic of Germany FRG BRD morning light morning light in the first light of day in first daylight wildlife photography wildlife photography Saxony-Anhalt Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve biosphere reserve Mittlere Elbe Biosphere Reserve Mittelelbe Biosphere Reserve Middle Elbe Central Elbe Biosphere Reserve Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe display displaying displays natural environment natural habitat habitat natural environments mating behavior mating behaviour mating season mating time mating period rutting season River landscape Elbe Unesco-Biosphärenreservat bird photography Central Europe Middle Europe bridal gift backlit back light against the light backlight Bucerotiformes Hornbills and hoopoes Silhouette silhouette silhouettes outline silhouetted Bird of the Year