Caption

Hoopoe (Upupa epops) Bird of the Year 2022, feeding, courtship feeding, pair, male and female in courtship, erected bonnet, golden hour, backlight, sunlight, pair formation, rising sun, breeding den, approach, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date

May 08, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK26I85_083

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

70.6Mb (23.5Mb) / 20.3in x 13.5in / 6086 x 4057 (300dpi)

Keywords

couple deserted UNESCO feeding headgear breeding two male animal Bird wild animal incubate foraging animal feed animal behaviour animal sunlight German wildlife feed Europe courtship season approach female animal mood natural preserve reserve nesting hole nesting site male female erect courtship display courtship behavior flight Hoopoe atmospheric Dusk prey Biosphere Reserve catch nest european East Germany social behaviour nature reserve cap display behaviour breeding ground animal of prey courtship adult Germany Two Animals breeding burrow breeding season animal pair wildlife photography Saxony-Anhalt Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve in flight display daybreak dim courtship feeding adult animal natural environment mating behavior mating season mature River landscape Elbe Unesco-Biosphärenreservat bird photography Central Europe backlit Hornbills and hoopoes golden hour Silhouette fly Bird of the Year pair no one feeder 2 animals in the wild breed search for food food sunshine fauna eat atmosphere ingestion nature park protected area nest hole nesting place upstanding courtship behaviour twilight preys Biosphere Park Eastern Germany social behavior bonnet overawing breeding area prey animal courting German Federal Republic 2 animals breeding cavity capture breeding time animal couple biosphere reserve Mittlere Elbe in the air crack of dawn mating feeding old animal habitat mating behaviour mating time Middle Europe silhouette No People adult male Wildlife searching for food fodder Naturpark sanctuary upright dawn nature conservation area imprinting breeding site mating Republic of Germany maiting pair Biosphere Reserve Mittelelbe mid air natural habitat mating period outline nobody forage conservation area erected natural reserve imponation breeding place FRG pair of animals Central Elbe Biosphere Reserve in a flight dawning dusky rutting season uninhabited hunting food environmental reserve Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe in the sky morning light empty foraging for food rising sun looking for food couples feedings headgears breedings male animals Birds wild animals incubating animal feeds animals courting seasons approaching female animals natural preserves reserves nesting holes nesting sites males females courtship behaviors flights Hoopoes Biosphere Reserves catches nesting social behaviours nature reserves caps breeding grounds animals of prey courtshiping Two Animal breeding burrows preying animal pairs displaying daybreaks adult animals natural environments matures backlight flying pairs searches for food eating nest holes bonnets breeding areas prey animals breeding cavities capturing animal couples silhouettes breeding sites maiting pairs dawns breeding places BRD pairs of animals in the flight incubates sun lights feeds Europe's approaches moody catching nests NSG court courts courtships breeding den preyed Biosphere Reserve Middle Elbe displays back light against the light flies breeds search of food eats natural park brood den captured captures silhouetted woos woo wooing