Friday, January 22, 2010

The Chamois (Kozice), Tatra Mountains, Poland

Tatra Mountains is one of my favourite places in Poland. Those miniature Alpes are located in the southern part of the country. In the Tatra National Park you can encounter a few interesting mammal species including brown bear (very rare), groundhog (also rare), deer and the chamois ( known as "kozice" in Polish).
We spotted this small herd of chamois during our trip to "Czerwone Wierchy", a scenic trail connecting four peaks in the Western Tatras.
As the males don't live as part of the herd I believe we saw 4 females and their young. The animals were peacfeully grazing on some grass.

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