No, you’re not dreaming. Fabien, wildlife photographer from Auron, had originally come to photograph the slab of the deer… But things did not go as planned, since he finally returned home with some very impressive shots of an eagle.
Raising his eyes to the sky, he saw the bird of prey in full flight holding in its claws a poor little lamb, obviously already dead. The photographer was quick to immortalize this unusual moment and shared it on his Facebook page “Zoom Dans L’oeil De Fab”. The reactions were not long in coming: Impressive ! “, ” Wow !” or ” Those hoods! “.
The photographer confided in our colleagues from BFM Nice Côte d’Azur: ” Suddenly I saw an eagle, followed by a few crows, flying low. The crows harassed him during his flight. I zoomed in with my camera to check what he was wearing and saw the lamb! “. Before continuing: ” It was mostly questioning, it was the first time I saw an eagle carrying such a heavy load. “.
Did the eagle kill the lamb?
It was actually a golden eagle, a species of raptor common in the region. These animals are generally opportunistic and it is not surprising that the animal was able to take advantage of the carcass of this lamb which will have been attacked by a wolf or which will have fallen from a cliff. Hard to know…