Caption

Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), trill group fighting on the ground, courtship display, Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park, East Frisian Islands, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Date

May 22, 2010

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Volker Lautenbach

Reference

BRK25A86_242

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

51,3Mb (2,6Mb) / 17,3in x 11,5in / 5184 x 3456 (300dpi)

Keywords

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