Caption

Hoopoe (Upupa epops) Bird of the Year 2022, with beetle as prey for the young bird, erect cap, golden hour, backlight, sunlight, in flight, rising sun, dawn, grazing light, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Date

Aug 24, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK24H33_441

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

64,6Mb (1,3Mb) / 19,4in x 12,9in / 5820 x 3880 (300dpi)

Keywords

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