Hoopoe (Upupa epops) in flight near its lodge with a larva in the beak to feed a young in spring, Country garden near Toul, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

upupa epops summer adult family alone larva foliage trunk botany flap wings eat posing nest to fly to nest profile shot overview feed to pair one on one upupa hoopoe upupa epops meurthe et moselle 54 hole crest morphology fledgling least concern august country garden nobody adults families single lonely only solo one lone larvas foliages trunks botany flapping wings flaps wings flutter eating feed feeding eaten swallow swallowing swallowed posed pose settlings settling nesting nested in flight flight flights flying nests profile sights profile sight profile shots profile view profile views side view overviews global sight global sights full length nourishing food foods duet pairs duets 2 two face to face hoopoes upupa epops holes cavity cavities crests morphology small bird small birds chick chicks least concern species with nobody temperate season seasons atmosphere stage of development individual enumeration leaf morphology botany morphology organism locomotion motion reproductive behaviour behavior animal construction shot feeding behaviour upupidae coraciiformes aves tetrapoda vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota hoopoe coraciiforme bird wild animal lorraine grand est france european union europe general morphology morphology zoology young low risk iucn) lr iucn red list of threatened species species garden type hortus