Caption

Defence posture... European Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo), young owl raises its wings to a wheel to appear larger and stronger to potential enemies, typical behaviour, 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

BRK25L86_099

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

25.8Mb (1.7Mb) / 12.3in x 8.2in / 3675 x 2450 (300dpi)

Keywords

young wheel wing Bird wild animal animal nature North Rhine-Westphalia German wildlife Europe Eurasian eagle-owl opponent bird of prey typical Owl young animal european Rhineland Germany juvenile wildlife photography Niederrhein natural environment bird photography Central Europe enemy Western europe animals in the wild open air NRW fauna European eagle-owl raptor characteristic cub German Federal Republic Lower Rhine habitat Middle Europe Wildlife Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia eagle owl pup Republic of Germany natural habitat North-Rhine Westphalia suckling FRG youngs yuvenile hatchling youngster animal child wheels wings Birds wild animals animals Eurasian eagle-owls opponents birds of prey Owls young animals juveniles natural environments enemies European eagle-owls cubs eagle owls pups sucklings BRD yuveniles hatchlings animal childs Europe's juvenil