Title

Northern gannet

Caption

Northern gannet (Morus bassanus), courtship and welcoming ritual on return of mate, Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Date

Mar 27, 2017

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Farina Grassmann

Reference

BRK22B65_398

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

130,0Mb (5,1Mb) / 18,3in x 27,5in / 5504 x 8256 (300dpi)

Keywords

Aves Bird Birds Central Europe Europe Europe's FRG German German Federal Republic Germany Helgoland Heligoland Heligoland Island Land Schleswig-Holstein Middle Europe Morus bassanus No People North Germany Northern Germany Northern gannet Northern gannets Pelecaniformes Republic of Germany Schleswig-Holstein Sulid Sulidae Sulids Wildlife animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals animals in the wild behavior behaviour bird photography courting courting seasons courtship courtship display courtship season courtshiping deserted display displaying empty fauna folklore gannet greeting ritual greetings habitat mating mating behavior mating behaviour mating period mating season mating time natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody perform the courtship display return returning returns ritual rituals rutting season seabird seabirds social behavior social behaviour social behaviours traditional uninhabited welcome welcoming ritual welcoming rituals wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography woo aquatic bird characteristic courtship behavior courtship behaviors courtship behaviour culture cultures custom display behaviour greet greeting imponation imprinting overawing salutes tradition traditions typical water bird water birds waterfowl