Caption

In a pollarded ash tree... Little owl (Athene noctua), small, widespread native owl sits thickly fluffed up up (comfort behaviour) on its resting place, perch in a pollarded tree, resting, observing the surroundings, side view, native nature, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Jun 25, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25M99_053

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34.8Mb (1.3Mb) / 14.2in x 9.5in / 4272 x 2848 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted little square silence Contemplation attentive tree observation Bird wild animal animal behaviour animal nature North Rhine-Westphalia German wildlife sit Europe serene bird of prey Owl audience look out watch look european Earless owl plumage fluff fluffed attention Germany Little owl perch wildlife photography Niederrhein peaceful natural environment bird photography Central Europe Little Owl Western europe Resting place no one tiny place observing animals in the wild open air NRW fauna calm raptor spectator watch out observe view Wood owl fluff up fluffed up attentiveness German Federal Republic Lower Rhine contemplative habitat Middle Europe No People small watchful Wildlife Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia tranquil looking for watching look at alertness Republic of Germany meditative natural habitat nobody alert North-Rhine Westphalia quiet looks into FRG uninhabited placid looking out empty gazes view over squares trees observations Birds wild animals animals sitting birds of prey Owls looks Earless owls plumages fluffing Little owls perches natural environments places watching out views fluffing up looking at BRD observes Platz attentively sits seated perched Europe's looks out watches watched looking fluffs on watch waiting watches out observed view of fluffs up watchfully looks at overlooking alertly over