Caption

In the evening light... Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio), colourful male sits in the evening sun on the tip of a branch and sings, rather untypical native songbird, known for occasionally spearing prey on thorns for storage, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Jun 19, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK26A95_323

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34,8Mb (1,1Mb) / 14,2in x 9,5in / 4272 x 2848 (300dpi)

Keywords

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