Caption

Hoopoe (Upupa epops) Bird of the Year 2022, male with beetle larva as food for the young birds, foraging, erected canopy, sunrise, backlight, summer feeling, Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Date

Jun 12, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Thomas Hinsche

Reference

BRK25C61_438

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

38,2Mb (1002,0Kb) / 14,9in x 9,9in / 4476 x 2984 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted no one No People nobody uninhabited empty young young morning morning Morning break of dawn morning atmosphere break of dawn morning scene UNESCO male animal male animals male male adult male development developments Coleoptera Beetle Beetles bug bugs larva larvae Insecta Insect Insects Aves Bird Birds wild animal wild animals animals in the wild Wildlife foraging foraging search for food searches for food searching for food forage hunting food foraging for food search of food looking for food animal feed animal feeds food fodder animal behaviour animal animals sunrise sunrises sun rise sunrisetime sunrise time nature open air German wildlife fauna Europe Europe's metamorphosis metamorphoses mood atmosphere natural preserve natural preserves nature park natural park nature park Naturpark reserve reserves protected area sanctuary conservation area fledgling fledglings juvenile bird young bird juvenile birds young birds Immature Immatures male males erect erected upstanding upright young animal young animals cub pup suckling youngs cubs pups yuvenile hatchling hatchlings yuveniles sucklings youngster youngs animal child animal childs offspring offspring Upupa epops Hoopoe Hoopoes atmospheric moody Biosphere Reserve Biosphere Reserves Biosphere Park european East Germany Eastern Germany nature reserve nature reserves natural preserve natural preserves nature conservation area NSG natural reserve environmental reserve Germany German Federal Republic Republic of Germany FRG BRD juvenile juveniles juvenil morning light morning light in the first light of day in first daylight wildlife photography wildlife photography Saxony-Anhalt Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve biosphere reserve Mittlere Elbe Biosphere Reserve Mittelelbe Biosphere Reserve Middle Elbe Central Elbe Biosphere Reserve Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe natural environment natural habitat habitat natural environments River landscape Elbe Unesco-Biosphärenreservat bird photography Central Europe Middle Europe backlit back light against the light backlight Bucerotiformes Hornbills and hoopoes Brood beetle larva beetle larvae Silhouette silhouette silhouettes outline silhouetted Bird of the Year