Caption

In the first light... Little owl (Athene noctua), still relatively young owl sits at sunrise near the breeding den in an old willow, basks in the sun, enjoys the light, looks attentively at the camera, local 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_493

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

25,8Mb (1,4Mb) / 8,2in x 12,3in / 2450 x 3675 (300dpi)

Keywords

young morning break of dawn breeding looking at camera pleasure attentive deciduous tree tree plant light Bird wild animal incubate animal sunrise nature North Rhine-Westphalia German wildlife sit Europe photography mood bird of prey nesting hole Owl nesting site young animal enjoy atmospheric sunbathe photo camera old look Salicaceae nest Willow european Rhineland Earless owl breeding ground attention Germany Little owl breeding burrow juvenile morning light breeding season wildlife photography Niederrhein natural environment bird photography Central Europe Little Owl Western europe morning atmosphere direct look animals in the wild breed open air NRW fauna atmosphere raptor nest hole nesting place cub relish bask camera view Willow tree Wood owl breeding area attentiveness German Federal Republic breeding cavity in first daylight breeding time Lower Rhine habitat Middle Europe morning scene facing camera watchful Wildlife Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia pup tan look at breeding site alertness Republic of Germany natural habitat Morning looking at the camera alert North-Rhine Westphalia suckling sun-bathe looks into breeding place FRG looks in the camera youngs suntan looking out looks into the camera yuvenile sunning observe looks at the camera hatchling gazes youngster watching animal child view over breedings deciduous trees trees plants lights Birds wild animals incubating animals sunrises sitting birds of prey nesting holes Owls nesting sites young animals enjoying sunbathing photo cameras looks nesting Willows Earless owls breeding grounds Little owls breeding burrows juveniles natural environments nest holes cubs relishing basking cameras views Willow trees breeding areas breeding cavities pups tanning looking at breeding sites sucklings sun-bathing breeding places BRD suntanning yuveniles observes hatchlings animal childs looking into the camera attentively incubates sun rise sunrisetime sunrise time sits seated perched Europe's enjoys moody sunbathes oldest looking nests breeding den juvenil in the first light of day looking into camera breeds relishes basks view of brood den towards the camera watchfully tans looks at overlooking in to the camera alertly sun-bathes looking Kamera suntans over