Caption

European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) sitting on a branch overgrown with green lichen with a wedge-spotted mosaic damselfly (Aeshna isoceles) as prey in its beak, Lake Neusiedl, Burgenland, Austria

Date

Jun 14, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Burkhard Sauskojus

Reference

BRK26C36_351

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

38.8Mb (2.0Mb) / 10.0in x 15.0in / 3007 x 4511 (300dpi)

Keywords

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