Caption

Penguin dance... Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps Scalloped ribbonfish) in courtship, characteristic courtship behaviour in which the pair of grebes usually stretch high out of the water after a dive and swim towards each other, often with a bridal gift in their beaks, waterfowl, native nature, Lower Rhine, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Apr 30, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25H55_298

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

44,6Mb (1,1Mb) / 16,1in x 10,7in / 4832 x 3224 (300dpi)

Keywords

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