Caption

Hoopoe (Upupa epops) Bird of the Year 2022, male with food for his female, bridal gift, mating, courtship, foraging, erected canopy, sunrise, interaction, flying, begging for food, climate change, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Date

May 27, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK25F54_460

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

32,7Mb (1,4Mb) / 12,6in x 10,1in / 3780 x 3024 (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 global warming global warming sunrise sunrises sun rise sunrisetime sunrise time nature open air German wildlife fauna Europe Europe's courtship season courting seasons female animal female animals female mood atmosphere natural preserve natural preserves nature park natural park nature park Naturpark reserve reserves protected area sanctuary conservation area male males female females climate change climate change erect erected upstanding upright courtship display display courtship behavior courtship behaviour courtship behaviors flight flights Upupa epops Hoopoe Hoopoes atmospheric moody Biosphere Reserve Biosphere Reserves Biosphere Park interaction interactions 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 in flight in the air mid air in a flight in the flight in the sky 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 Bucerotiformes Hornbills and hoopoes climate crisis fly flying flies Bird of the Year Upupidae Upupidae