Caption

High up in an old tree... Little owl (Athene noctua), two probably not yet fledged little owls, young owls cuddling together, are in the moult from dusky plumage to juvenile plumage, series animal children, native nature, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Jun 14, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25M99_054

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

35,1Mb (1,4Mb) / 11,7in x 11,7in / 3504 x 3504 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted young together two cuddle tree moulting Bird wild animal animal nature North Rhine-Westphalia German wildlife Europe bird of prey change fledgling Owl young animal offspring old european high Earless owl plumage Germany Little owl juvenile wildlife photography Niederrhein natural environment bird photography Central Europe Little Owl immature plumage Brood Western europe no one with each other 2 snuggle moult animals in the wild open air NRW fauna raptor exchange juvenile bird cub tall Wood owl German Federal Republic Lower Rhine habitat Middle Europe juvenile plumage No People molt Wildlife Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia young bird pup Republic of Germany natural habitat immature nobody North-Rhine Westphalia Immature suckling FRG uninhabited youngs empty yuvenile hatchling youngster animal child cuddling trees moultings Birds wild animals animals birds of prey changing fledglings Owls young animals Earless owls plumages fledged fledge Little owls juveniles natural environments snuggling exchanging juvenile birds cubs young birds pups Immatures sucklings BRD yuveniles hatchlings animal childs cuddles plumage change Europe's changes oldest fledging juvenil snuggles changing plumage exchanges feather change