Minus 22 degrees!

Watching in awe with freezing cold feet in:

Eastern Poland the magnificent European Bison;

A huge and noble animal roaming wild and free once again.

Bison forming a circle round their young, to stare back at us watching them!

Tags: Eastern Poland, European Bison, Nature, Photography, snow, weather, Wildlife

15 thoughts on “Minus 22 degrees!”

themofman on February 22, 2016 at 02:24 said:

All those bright muzzles against a mass of darkness look like ancient Greek actors faces on a dark drama stage.

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PC Silva on February 21, 2016 at 22:37 said:

they are posing to a great photographer!!! 🙂

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- paula graham on March 2, 2016 at 09:18 said:
  
  You are sweet, Paulo, you make me blush!
  
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Malin Ellisdotter H on February 19, 2016 at 15:52 said:

Wow… Great!

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FlyTrapMan on February 17, 2016 at 22:58 said:

Nice contrast range! The bison toward the back of the herd look like they’re chatting! Haha

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niasunset on February 17, 2016 at 16:22 said:

They are amazing… looking at me (at you) 🙂 as if they are going to run to me… so real. Great photograph dear Paula. A few weeks ago I watched this famous forest in Poland, it was on 24 Channel. As I learned there, Żubrówka, also known in English as Bison Grass Vodka, has been made by a grass that bisons eat… The area is a forbidden place, they don’t let anyone to be there, except by the permission. and also there are three family who have the permission for pick these bison grass… then they dry them and use for making vodka. It was interesting for me. But in the program I didn’t see any bison… now I watch in your photograph. Thank you, Love, nia

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- paula graham on February 17, 2016 at 17:13 said:
  
  How interesting…the forest is only open with guides, I believe, but the Bison roam wherever they like and the area is huge..they do not care for borders and regularly cross the border with Belarus. It is a wonderfully undeveloped and therefore unspoiled area..
  
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  - niasunset on February 17, 2016 at 17:21 said:
    
    yes dear Paula, it is like that. As I learned that this area is the only place for nature forest in the Europe… and Bisons too… You are lucky that been there… But minus 22! what a cold… how did you hold the camera? It shouldn’t be easy in this cold, even having glove too… Love, nia
    
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(b)ananartista SBUFF on February 17, 2016 at 09:50 said:

they are mirrors

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Adrian Lewis on February 17, 2016 at 08:09 said:

Oh I think I was there years ago, in the mid 1970s – is this Bialowieza Forest? I was driving around Poland, birdwatching a lot, we saw these wonderful animals. Going through the Iron Curtain was a memorable experience. A

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- paula graham on February 17, 2016 at 09:30 said:
  
  Indeed, Adrian, that is where the Bison are roaming mostly, there is the tradition of feeding them hay in the middle of the harsh indeed winter, that makes them easier to find. Astonishing animals, as large as but heavier than a horse, dangerous when cornered and a speedy turn of foot. Wonderful experience: we were 3 photographers and a Polish guide. Best trip ever.
  
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Poet Rummager on February 17, 2016 at 03:37 said:

Gorgeous animals! What an amazing photo, Paula!! -22 degrees — brrrr!! You must’ve been freezing. Lol. I was just talking to Fly about bison in one of my posts. European bison look less bulky or fat than our American ones — ha! Isn’t that not a surprise?! ❤ 🐂

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- paula graham on February 17, 2016 at 09:32 said:
  
  Ha, ha..they are indeed less bulky!!! Ha, ha, although I read that Americans are mending their ways and even doing some cycling!! xx
  
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lauramacky on February 17, 2016 at 03:35 said:

WOW!!

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Cornelis Verwaal on February 16, 2016 at 22:33 said:

Powerful!

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