Caption

Hoopoe (Upupa epops) Bird of the Year 2022, male with blue-winged grasshopper, nuptial gift, prey, foraging, interaction, landing on branch, erected canopy, sunrise, interaction, food transfer, climate change, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date

Jul 26, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK26D61_106

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

41.2Mb (13.7Mb) / 11.3in x 14.1in / 3393 x 4241 (300dpi)

Keywords

morning break of dawn UNESCO male animal Bird wild animal foraging animal feed animal behaviour animal global warming sunrise nature German wildlife feed Europe land mood feeding natural preserve reserve male climate change erect Hoopoe atmospheric branch prey Biosphere Reserve catch interaction european East Germany nature reserve badlands landing animal of prey Germany morning light wildlife photography Saxony-Anhalt Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve natural environment River landscape Elbe Unesco-Biosphärenreservat bird photography Central Europe Hornbills and hoopoes climate crisis Bird of the Year Grasshopper morning atmosphere animals in the wild search for food food open air fauna eat atmosphere ingestion nature park protected area upstanding bough preys Biosphere Park Eastern Germany prey animal German Federal Republic in first daylight capture biosphere reserve Mittlere Elbe habitat Middle Europe morning scene adult male Wildlife searching for food fodder Naturpark sanctuary upright tree branch nature conservation area Republic of Germany Biosphere Reserve Mittelelbe natural habitat Morning forage conservation area erected natural reserve FRG Central Elbe Biosphere Reserve hunting food environmental reserve Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe foraging for food looking for food male animals Birds wild animals animal feeds animals sunrises natural preserves reserves males Hoopoes branches Biosphere Reserves catches interactions nature reserves landings animals of prey preying natural environments searches for food eating boughes prey animals capturing tree branches BRD animal behavior sun rise sunrisetime sunrise time feeds Europe's lands moody catching NSG in the first light of day preyed Biosphere Reserve Middle Elbe Flusslandschaft-Elbe search of food eats natural park captured captures