Caption

Hoopoe (Upupa epops) Bird of the Year 2022, male with food, prey, foraging, food for the young birds, erected bonnet, sunrise, interaction, breeding cavity, on approach, wings, climate change, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date

Jun 04, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK25J30_224

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

34,4Mb (1,5Mb) / 10,3in x 12,9in / 3100 x 3875 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted young morning break of dawn UNESCO headgear breeding male animal wing Bird wild animal incubate foraging animal feed animal behaviour animal global warming sunrise nature German wildlife feed Europe approach mood feeding natural preserve reserve fledgling nesting hole nesting site male climate change erect young animal offspring flight Hoopoe atmospheric prey Biosphere Reserve catch nest interaction european East Germany nature reserve cap breeding ground animal of prey Germany breeding burrow juvenile morning light breeding season wildlife photography Saxony-Anhalt Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve in flight natural environment River landscape Elbe Unesco-Biosphärenreservat bird photography Central Europe Hornbills and hoopoes climate crisis Brood fly Bird of the Year no one morning atmosphere animals in the wild breed search for food food open air fauna eat atmosphere ingestion nature park protected area juvenile bird nest hole nesting place upstanding cub preys Biosphere Park Eastern Germany bonnet breeding area prey animal German Federal Republic breeding cavity in first daylight capture breeding time biosphere reserve Mittlere Elbe in the air habitat Middle Europe No People morning scene adult male Wildlife searching for food fodder Naturpark sanctuary young bird upright pup nature conservation area breeding site Republic of Germany Biosphere Reserve Mittelelbe mid air natural habitat nobody Morning forage conservation area Immature erected suckling natural reserve breeding place FRG Central Elbe Biosphere Reserve in a flight uninhabited hunting food youngs environmental reserve Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe in the sky empty foraging for food yuvenile looking for food hatchling youngster animal child headgears breedings male animals wings Birds wild animals incubating animal feeds animals sunrises approaching natural preserves reserves fledglings nesting holes nesting sites males young animals flights Hoopoes Biosphere Reserves catches nesting interactions nature reserves caps breeding grounds animals of prey breeding burrows juveniles preying natural environments flying searches for food eating juvenile birds nest holes cubs bonnets breeding areas prey animals breeding cavities capturing young birds pups breeding sites Immatures sucklings breeding places BRD in the flight yuveniles hatchlings animal childs incubates sun rise sunrisetime sunrise time feeds Europe's approaches moody catching nests NSG breeding den juvenil in the first light of day preyed Biosphere Reserve Middle Elbe Flusslandschaft-Elbe flies breeds search of food eats natural park brood den captured captures