Caption

Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps Scalloped ribbonfish), adult, adult bird in spring, in breeding plumage, summer plumage, swims on a natural body of water surrounded by reeds, holds its head flat over the water, stretches out, courtship, seeks partner, bright, clear spring-like colours, native nature, Lower Rhine, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

May 11, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25H76_287

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

36.4Mb (1.3Mb) / 14.6in x 9.7in / 4368 x 2912 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted color clear relation partner partnership reed swim water head body of water water bird Bird wild animal animal behaviour animal spring nature North Rhine-Westphalia German wildlife Europe courtship season Great crested grebe stretch flat courtship display natural courtship behavior Grebe hold bright stretch out european social behaviour Rhineland display behaviour plumage courtship adult Germany adult bird wildlife photography Niederrhein display summer plumage adult animal natural environment nuptial plumage mating behavior mating season mature bird photography Central Europe Western europe springtime no one colour relationship float waterfront waters waterfowl animals in the wild open air NRW fauna extend original courtship behaviour light-coloured outstretch social behavior overawing courting German Federal Republic Lower Rhine old animal habitat breeding plumage mating behaviour mating time Middle Europe spring-like No People aquatic bird Wildlife Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia imprinting mating Republic of Germany natural habitat alternate plumage mating period nobody North-Rhine Westphalia imponation FRG breeding dress rutting season uninhabited mating plumage empty splendid dress colors relations partners reeds swimming heads water birds Birds wild animals animals courting seasons Great crested grebes stretching courtship behaviors Grebes holding stretching out social behaviours plumages courtshiping adult birds displaying adult animals natural environments matures colours relationships floating waterfowls originally outstretching aquatic birds BRD paint swims water body Water area open water in May Europe's stretches holds stretches out court courts courtships old bird displays splendid plumage floats extends outstretches woos woo wooing