Caption

Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis), young and old, chicks with adult bird, swimming breast to breast opposite, young black-necked grebes are nest fugitives, leave the nest soon after hatching, cute and funny picture, water birds, native nature, Lower Rhine, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe, Europe

Date

Jun 23, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25G08_411

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

36,9Mb (981,5Kb) / 14,7in x 9,8in / 4398 x 2932 (300dpi)

Keywords

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