Caption

Shaking their heads... Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps Scalloped ribbonfish), couple in courtship, courting couple, two great crested grebes swimming breast to breast opposite each other, shaking their heads, greeting ceremony, courtship ritual, waterfowl, native nature, Lower Rhine, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe, Europe

Date

Apr 05, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25G09_254

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

78,3Mb (1,8Mb) / 21,4in x 14,2in / 6408 x 4272 (300dpi)

Keywords

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