Caption

Cormorant (Gulosus aristotelis), breeding pair preening each other during courtship, Hornøya Island, Vardø, Varanger, Finnmark, Norway

Date

Jun 15, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Michael Fischer

Reference

BRK26E29_474

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

63.9Mb (21.3Mb) / 19.3in x 12.9in / 5788 x 3859 (300dpi)

Keywords

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