Caption

Hoopoe (Upupa epops) Bird of the Year 2022, raised bonnet, feeding the young bird, golden hour, sunlight, backlight, wings spreading, sand bath, sunset, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Date

Jun 19, 2021

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK25B10_468

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47,1Mb (2,0Mb) / 16,6in x 11,0in / 4970 x 3313 (300dpi)

Keywords

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