Caption

Early morning light... Little owl (Athene noctua) on its perch in spotlight at sunrise, adult bird in typical, natural surroundings in an old pollard tree, native nature, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Aug 11, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25L49_490

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34,5Mb (1,9Mb) / 9,4in x 14,2in / 2832 x 4256 (300dpi)

Keywords

morning break of dawn attentive tree Bird wild animal animal sunrise nature North Rhine-Westphalia German wildlife sit Europe mood bird of prey early typical Owl natural look out atmospheric old look european Rhineland Earless owl adult attention Germany Little owl morning light spotlight perch adult bird wildlife photography Niederrhein adult animal natural environment mature bird photography Central Europe Little Owl Western europe Early morning light morning atmosphere animals in the wild open air NRW fauna atmosphere raptor characteristic original watch out view Wood owl attentiveness German Federal Republic in first daylight spot light Lower Rhine old animal habitat natural surrounding Middle Europe morning scene watchful Wildlife Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia looking for look at alertness Republic of Germany natural habitat Morning alert North-Rhine Westphalia looks into FRG looking out observe gazes watching view over trees Birds wild animals animals sunrises sitting birds of prey Owls looks Earless owls Little owls spotlights perches adult birds adult animals natural environments matures originally watching out views looking at BRD observes attentively sun rise sunrisetime sunrise time sits seated perched Europe's looks out moody oldest looking in the first light of day on watch waiting old bird watches out view of watchfully looks at overlooking alertly over