Caption

Hoopoe (Upupa epops) Bird of the Year 2022, feeding, courtship feeding, male with caterpillar as food, in courtship, erected bonnet, golden hour, backlight, sunlight, pair formation, rising sun, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date

Jun 02, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK26C85_081

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

33.9Mb (1.6Mb) / 10.3in x 12.8in / 3081 x 3851 (300dpi)

Keywords

couple deserted UNESCO feeding headgear two male animal development caterpillar Butterfly larva Insect Bird wild animal foraging animal feed animal behaviour animal sunlight German wildlife feed Europe courtship season female animal metamorphosis mood natural preserve reserve male female erect courtship display courtship behavior Hoopoe atmospheric Dusk prey Biosphere Reserve catch european East Germany social behaviour nature reserve cap display behaviour animal of prey courtship adult Germany Two Animals animal pair wildlife photography Saxony-Anhalt Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve display daybreak dim courtship feeding adult animal natural environment mating behavior flying insect mating season mature River landscape Elbe Unesco-Biosphärenreservat bird photography Central Europe backlit Hornbills and hoopoes golden hour Silhouette Bird of the Year pair no one feeder 2 butterfly caterpillar Lepidopteran animals in the wild search for food food sunshine fauna eat atmosphere ingestion nature park protected area upstanding courtship behaviour twilight preys Biosphere Park Eastern Germany social behavior bonnet overawing prey animal courting German Federal Republic 2 animals capture animal couple biosphere reserve Mittlere Elbe crack of dawn mating feeding old animal habitat mating behaviour pterygote insect mating time Middle Europe silhouette No People adult male Wildlife searching for food fodder Naturpark sanctuary upright dawn nature conservation area imprinting mating Republic of Germany maiting pair Biosphere Reserve Mittelelbe natural habitat mating period outline nobody forage conservation area erected natural reserve imponation FRG pair of animals Central Elbe Biosphere Reserve dawning dusky rutting season uninhabited hunting food environmental reserve Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe morning light empty foraging for food rising sun looking for food couples feedings headgears male animals developments caterpillars Butterflies larvae Insects Birds wild animals animal feeds animals courting seasons female animals metamorphoses natural preserves reserves males females courtship behaviors Hoopoes Biosphere Reserves catches social behaviours nature reserves caps animals of prey courtshiping Two Animal preying animal pairs displaying daybreaks adult animals natural environments flying insects matures backlight pairs butterfly caterpillars searches for food eating bonnets prey animals capturing animal couples pterygote insects silhouettes maiting pairs dawns BRD pairs of animals sun lights feeds Europe's moody catching NSG court courts courtships preyed Biosphere Reserve Middle Elbe displays back light against the light search of food eats natural park captured captures silhouetted woos woo wooing