Caption

Hoopoe (Upupa epops) Bird of the Year 2022, male, female, pair, bridal gift, prey, foraging, interaction, courtship, mating, 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

BRK26F60_223

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

90.1Mb (30.0Mb) / 22.9in x 15.3in / 6875 x 4583 (300dpi)

Keywords

couple morning break of dawn UNESCO two male animal reproduction Bird wild animal mating foraging animal feed animal behaviour animal global warming sunrise nature German wildlife mate feed Europe courtship season female animal land mood feeding natural preserve reserve male female climate change erect courtship display courtship behavior Hoopoe atmospheric branch prey Biosphere Reserve catch interaction european East Germany social behaviour nature reserve display behaviour landing animal of prey courtship adult Germany Two Animals morning light animal pair wildlife photography Saxony-Anhalt Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve display adult animal natural environment mating behavior mating season mature River landscape Elbe Unesco-Biosphärenreservat bird photography Central Europe bridal gift Hornbills and hoopoes climate crisis Bird of the Year pair morning atmosphere 2 animals in the wild copulation search for food food open air fauna copulate eat atmosphere ingestion nature park protected area upstanding courtship behaviour bough preys Biosphere Park Eastern Germany social behavior overawing prey animal courting German Federal Republic 2 animals in first daylight capture animal couple biosphere reserve Mittlere Elbe old animal habitat mating behaviour mating time Middle Europe morning scene adult male Wildlife pairing searching for food fodder Naturpark sanctuary upright tree branch nature conservation area imprinting Republic of Germany maiting pair Biosphere Reserve Mittelelbe natural habitat mating period Morning sexual intercourse forage conservation area erected natural reserve imponation FRG pair of animals Central Elbe Biosphere Reserve rutting season copula hunting food environmental reserve Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe foraging for food looking for food couples male animals reproductions Birds wild animals matings animal feeds animals sunrises courting seasons female animals natural preserves reserves males females courtship behaviors Hoopoes branches Biosphere Reserves catches interactions social behaviours nature reserves landings animals of prey courtshiping Two Animal preying animal pairs displaying adult animals natural environments matures pairs searches for food copulating eating boughes prey animals capturing animal couples tree branches maiting pairs BRD pairs of animals animal behavior sun rise sunrisetime sunrise time mates feeds Europe's lands moody catching NSG court courts courtships in the first light of day preyed Biosphere Reserve Middle Elbe displays Flusslandschaft-Elbe search of food copulates eats natural park captured captures woos woo wooing