Caption

The most beautiful part of the courtship display... Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps Scalloped ribbonfish), male wooing the female with the cat pose, with wings upturned sideways, typical behaviour, waterfowl, native nature, Lower Rhine, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

May 10, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK26A41_365

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

45,3Mb (1,7Mb) / 16,2in x 10,8in / 4872 x 3248 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted male animal pose Feliformia wing water bird Bird wild animal animal behaviour animal nature North Rhine-Westphalia German Europe courtship season female animal Great crested grebe typical male female courtship display courtship behavior Grebe Mammal european social behaviour Rhineland display behaviour courtship Germany wildlife photography Niederrhein display mating behavior mating season bird photography Central Europe sideways Western europe Domestic cat Pet Cat pose no one waterfowl animals in the wild open air NRW characteristic courtship behaviour Mammalian social behavior overawing courting German Federal Republic Lower Rhine mating behaviour mating time Middle Europe sidewards cat domestic animal No People adult male aquatic bird Wildlife Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia imprinting mating Republic of Germany mating period lateral House cat nobody North-Rhine Westphalia imponation FRG rutting season lateral view common cat uninhabited empty male animals poses Feliformias wings water birds Birds wild animals animals courting seasons female animals Great crested grebes males females courtship behaviors Grebes Mammals social behaviours courtshiping displaying Domestic cats pets waterfowls Mammalians cats domestic animals aquatic birds House cats BRD common cats felid Felidae Europe's court courts courtships displays pet cat pet cats woos woo wooing