Caption

Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) cleaning the nest to protect her chicks. Alsace, France, Europe

Date

May 14, 2008

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Christian Decout

Reference

BRK24H09_359

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

34,9Mb (1,6Mb) / 14,3in x 9,5in / 4288 x 2848 (300dpi)

Keywords

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