Caption

Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus), breeding pair chasing short-eared Owl, (Asio flammeus), which has entered the air-space over their breeding territory, at midnight, May, Varangerfjord, Norway, Europe

Date

May 30, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Duncan Usher

Reference

BRK24G39_043

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

26,9Mb (3,2Mb) / 11,8in x 8,8in / 3539 x 2654 (300dpi)

Keywords

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