Caption

Posture score 1... Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), male in spring, sits on a thin branch to hunt from there, observes what is happening below him with the utmost attention, typical perching hunter, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Apr 11, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK26A39_472

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

59.1Mb (1.8Mb) / 12.4in x 18.6in / 3712 x 5568 (300dpi)

Keywords

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