Caption

Hoopoe (Upupa epops) Bird of the Year 2022, with fat caterpillar as prey for the young bird, erected bonnet, golden hour, sunlight, dusk, female, hen, grazing light, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date

Jun 07, 2021

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK26H82_254

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

35.1Mb (11.7Mb) / 14.3in x 9.5in / 4292 x 2861 (300dpi)

Keywords

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