Caption

Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius), adult male in flight, leaves its breeding cavity in an old beech tree with a faecal bag in its beak, keeps the woodpecker cavity clean, animal behaviour, native nature in Germany, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Western Europe

Date

May 13, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK26A95_133

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

36,4Mb (1,6Mb) / 9,7in x 14,6in / 2912 x 4368 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted clear clean breeding male animal deciduous tree tree Picid Bird wild animal incubate animal feed animal nature North Rhine-Westphalia German wildlife feed Europe feeding nesting hole Woodpecker nesting site male Beech flight Black woodpecker old nest european Fagales breeding ground adult Germany breeding burrow breeding season wildlife photography Niederrhein in flight adult animal natural environment woodpecker cavity mature bird photography Central Europe in the beak Western europe Fagaceae Beech tree leaves fly no one animals in the wild breed food open air NRW fauna eat ingestion nest hole nesting place breeding area German Federal Republic breeding cavity breeding time Lower Rhine in the air old animal habitat Middle Europe beak No People adult male Wildlife fodder Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia breeding site Republic of Germany mid air natural habitat nobody North-Rhine Westphalia breeding place FRG in a flight uninhabited in the sky empty breedings male animals deciduous trees trees Picids Birds wild animals incubating animal feeds animals nesting holes Woodpeckers nesting sites males Beeches flights Black woodpeckers nesting breeding grounds breeding burrows adult animals natural environments matures leaving flying eating nest holes breeding areas breeding cavities breeding sites breeding places BRD in the flight incubates feeds Europe's oldest nests breeding den in its beak in beak leave flies breeds eats brood den