Caption

Delusions of grandeur... Middle spotted woodpecker (Leiopicus medius) sitting on an old beech tree, inspecting a black woodpecker cavity, which will be much too big for him as a breeding cavity, funny picture, native nature in Germany, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Western Europe

Date

May 15, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK26A95_473

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,2Mb (2,9Mb) / 14,4in x 14,4in / 4312 x 4312 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted breeding humor deciduous tree tree Picid Bird wild animal incubate animal nature North Rhine-Westphalia German wildlife sit picture Europe nesting hole Woodpecker nesting site joke Beech fun happy old happiness nest european inspect funny Fagales breeding ground humorous Germany breeding burrow too big breeding season wildlife photography Niederrhein natural environment Middle spotted woodpecker woodpecker cavity bird photography Central Europe Western europe Fagaceae Black Woodpecker Cavities Beech tree no one humour animals in the wild breed open air NRW fauna image nest hole nesting place joyful breeding area jokey German Federal Republic breeding cavity breeding time Lower Rhine habitat Middle-spotted woodpecker Middle Europe No People Wildlife Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia cheerful comical breeding site joking Republic of Germany natural habitat nobody North-Rhine Westphalia merry breeding place FRG uninhabited jolly empty glad breedings deciduous trees trees Picids Birds wild animals incubating animals sitting pictures nesting holes Woodpeckers nesting sites jokes Beeches happily nesting inspecting breeding grounds breeding burrows natural environments Middle spotted woodpeckers images nest holes joyfully breeding areas breeding cavities Middle-spotted woodpeckers cheerfully breeding sites breeding places BRD incubates sits seated perched Europe's serene oldest nests inspects comic breeding den breeds brood den