An evening walk up a rock outcrop near Ales in the Languedoc-Roussillon Region of southern France, gave me a sighting of this Short-toed Eagle which was using the updraft of air to climb and drift away. Luckily for me it didn't seem disturbed by my presence, and swung overhead as it climbed, allowing me this photograph.
The wonderful French name for this bird is Circaete Jean-Le-Blanc. It is also known as the Snake Eagle in Mediterranean Regions, snakes forming a good part of its diet.
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