Caption

Hoopoe (Upupa epops) Bird of the Year 2022, mating, male with beetle larva as food, raised bonnet, sunrise, portrait, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date

Jun 10, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK26E02_313

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

81.7Mb (27.2Mb) / 15.9in x 19.9in / 4780 x 5976 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted morning break of dawn UNESCO headgear looking at camera male animal development head Beetle larva Insect portrait Bird wild animal animal feed animal behaviour animal sunrise nature German wildlife Europe courtship season metamorphosis mood natural preserve reserve male courtship display courtship behavior Hoopoe atmospheric Biosphere Reserve look european East Germany social behaviour nature reserve cap display behaviour cropped courtship Germany morning light head shot face to face wildlife photography Saxony-Anhalt Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve display natural environment mating behavior mating season River landscape Elbe Unesco-Biosphärenreservat bird photography Central Europe Hornbills and hoopoes beetle larva Bird of the Year no one morning atmosphere direct look bug portrait photo animals in the wild food open air fauna atmosphere nature park protected area courtship behaviour Biosphere Park view Eastern Germany social behavior bonnet overawing Partial View courting German Federal Republic in first daylight head portrait facing each other biosphere reserve Mittlere Elbe habitat mating behaviour mating time Middle Europe beetle larvae No People morning scene facing camera adult male Portrait shot Wildlife fodder Naturpark sanctuary look at nature conservation area imprinting mating Republic of Germany facing Biosphere Reserve Mittelelbe natural habitat mating period nobody Morning looking at the camera conservation area looks into natural reserve imponation FRG eye contact Central Elbe Biosphere Reserve rutting season uninhabited looks in the camera looking out environmental reserve Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe empty looks into the camera observe looks at the camera gazes watching view over headgears male animals developments heads Beetles larvae Insects portraits Birds wild animals animal feeds animals sunrises courting seasons metamorphoses natural preserves reserves males courtship behaviors Hoopoes Biosphere Reserves looks social behaviours nature reserves caps courtshiping head shots displaying natural environments bugs portrait photos views bonnets head portraits looking at BRD observes looking into the camera sun rise sunrisetime sunrise time Europe's moody looking NSG court courts courtships in the first light of day Biosphere Reserve Middle Elbe displays looking into camera natural park view of towards the camera looks at overlooking woos woo wooing in to the camera looking Kamera over