Caption

Appraising glances... European eagle owl (Bubo bubo), largest native owl with powerful, needle-tipped fangs, sits on a boulder, observes potential prey with great interest, head moves nervously back and forth, thus improving contrast vision, typical behaviour, native nature, North Rhine-Westphalia, Sauerland, Bergisches Land, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Jun 26, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25M96_017

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34.8Mb (1.7Mb) / 9.5in x 14.2in / 2848 x 4272 (300dpi)

Keywords

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