Caption

Hoopoe (Upupa epops) Bird of the Year 2022, male with caterpillar as a wedding present for the female, feeding, courtship feeding, erected bonnet, golden hour, backlight, sunlight, rising sun, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date

Jun 01, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK26E02_124

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

39.8Mb (13.3Mb) / 11.1in x 13.9in / 3335 x 4169 (300dpi)

Keywords

couple deserted UNESCO feeding celebration headgear gift two love male animal development caterpillar Butterfly larva Insect Bird wild animal foraging animal feed animal behaviour animal sunlight nature German wildlife feed Europe courtship season female animal metamorphosis mood natural preserve reserve togetherness male female erect courtship display courtship behavior wedding Hoopoe atmospheric festive Dusk prey give celebrate Biosphere Reserve catch european East Germany social behaviour nature reserve cap display behaviour marry 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 Wedding present pair no one feeder festivity present 2 affection butterfly caterpillar Lepidopteran animals in the wild search for food food sunshine open air fauna eat atmosphere ingestion nature park protected area upstanding courtship behaviour marriage twilight preys Biosphere Park Eastern Germany social behavior bonnet overawing wed 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 celebrations headgears gifts male animals developments caterpillars Butterflies larvae Insects Birds wild animals animal feeds animals courting seasons female animals loving metamorphoses natural preserves reserves males females courtship behaviors weddings Hoopoes festively giving celebrating Biosphere Reserves catches social behaviours nature reserves caps marrying animals of prey courtshiping Two Animal preying animal pairs displaying daybreaks adult animals natural environments flying insects matures backlight pairs presents 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 loves moody gives celebrates catching NSG marries court courts courtships preyed Biosphere Reserve Middle Elbe displays back light against the light search of food eats natural park weds captured captures silhouetted woos woo wooing