European Honey Buzzard

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Alpes Maritimes • September 2009

Bird name: Honey Buzzard
Latin: Pernis apivorus
Other: Bondrée Apivore
Family: Accipitridae • Birds of Prey

It's the Honey Buzzard season in the mountains above Monaco.

Hundreds of Honey Buzzards will be flying down the coast in the next few days towards Spain and Africa.

I saw this one yesterday - my first - and several more today, flying very high, east to west.