Caption

Hoopoe (Upupa epops) Bird of the Year 2022, male with maggot, flying, take-off, bridal gift, prey, foraging, interaction, landing on branch, erected bonnet, sunrise, interaction, food transfer, climate change, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date

Jun 12, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK26D62_348

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

28.0Mb (9.3Mb) / 12.8in x 8.5in / 3831 x 2554 (300dpi)

Keywords

morning break of dawn UNESCO headgear departure 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 flight Hoopoe start atmospheric branch prey Biosphere Reserve catch interaction european East Germany nature reserve cap maggot landing animal of prey Germany morning light wildlife photography Saxony-Anhalt Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve in flight natural environment River landscape Elbe Unesco-Biosphärenreservat bird photography Central Europe bridal gift Hornbills and hoopoes climate crisis fly Bird of the Year morning atmosphere taking off 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 bonnet prey animal German Federal Republic in first daylight capture biosphere reserve Mittlere Elbe in the air habitat Middle Europe morning scene take-off adult male Wildlife searching for food fodder Naturpark sanctuary upright tree branch nature conservation area Republic of Germany Biosphere Reserve Mittelelbe mid air natural habitat Morning flying off forage conservation area erected natural reserve FRG Central Elbe Biosphere Reserve in a flight hunting food environmental reserve Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe in the sky foraging for food looking for food headgears departures male animals Birds wild animals animal feeds animals sunrises natural preserves reserves males flights Hoopoes starting branches Biosphere Reserves catches interactions nature reserves caps maggots landings animals of prey starts preying natural environments flying searches for food eating boughes bonnets prey animals capturing tree branches flying from BRD in the flight 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 flies search of food eats natural park captured captures