A bunch of friendly people who share a love of nature
MPFN Members love nature. Here you’ll find a selection of member submitted photos organised into galleries. We hope you enjoy viewing them as much as we enjoyed capturing these images.
I want this page to be about our members and their photos. A bunch of nature lovers like MPFN members must have some memorable photos to share. So if it’s only one or two or even twenty-five, please send them along to me at info@mpfn.xyz
Nature needs you & we need your nature photos!
Bob Codd
MPFN Website Coordinator & Vice President
Ken’s Pics
Ken MacDonald, together with his wife Susan are the backbone of the club. It’s safe to say the MPFN would not be what it is without them. I’m certain they would both shun the praise but it’s well deserved. Susan is the MPFN Treasurer and Ken is the Program Director and Ontario Nature Representative. Both are avid birders and naturalists. Here is a modest sampling of Ken’s brilliant nature photography.
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Midland Painted Turtle
Bee on Sunflower
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth
Piping Plover
Castor Canadensis
Great Blue Heron
Snapping Turtle
Yellow Pond Lily
Yellow Lady's Slipper
Bull Frog
River Otter
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Eastern Screech Owl
White-winged Crossbill
Red-headed Woodpecker
Dragonfly
Fly Agaric
Shaggy Mane Mushroom
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Jim’s Pics
Henry's Elfin
Eastern Tailed Blue
Turkey Vulture
Black Swallowtail
Spider's Web
Great Rgret
Lesser Yellowlegs
Barn Swallow
Wild Turkey
Least Sandpiper
Northern Flicker
Baby Raccoons
Virginia Ctenucha
Gray Catbird
Bronze Copper
Leucestic Boreal Chickadee
Northern Shoveller
Muskrat
Painted Turtles
Cedar Waxwing
Viceroy Butterfly
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Jim's Trumpeter Swans
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Mary’s Deepthie’s Pics
Mary Rajapakse, our MPFN Sawlog Bay and Arizona corespondent is known to her friends by the name her father gave her – Deepthie. How she came to be called Mary is a story worth hearing. I hope she will tell it some time. Deepthie is an infectiously enthusiastic naturalist and is embodiment of the founding principles of the MPFN. What follows here are some of her photos from her trips to Sri Lanka. Deepthie is a prolific writer & photographer. Look for more of her photos here and read her stories elsewhere in this website.
Club member, Jim Charlebois is active in the Trumpeter Swan Restoration Program.
Jim explains:
“Kyna Intini is in charge of the program and holds the license that allows us to band and tag the Swans. Laurel Ironside is the expert here “. (Jim works closely with Laurel) “I’m in the learning stage. I have 3 rescues on my own and 1 capture with Laurel. I’m sure I will be doing more in the future. 1 rule: we do not capture Swans alone unless its a rescue and we have no other choice. I had one of those”. We’re proud to call Jim a member of the MPFN!
MPFN Club member Jim Charlebois making friends with the Swans.
Some of the volunteers involved with the every day Trumpeter Swan Restoration Program. From left to right Gary Lane, Susan Best, David Best, Julie Kee, founder Harry Lumsden, Beverly Kingdon, Joy Poyntz, Kim Stevenson, Jim Charlebois, Donna Lewis.
Julie Kee catching a Swan for banding
Kyna Intini and Laurel Ironside using a Swan holder. The holder is used to transport Swans easily for rescue and also used at times for banding and tagging . Now blood samples are taken to check for lead levels and the Swans are weighed while in the sling.
Kyna Intini catching a Swan. Kyna is in charge of the program and holds the license that allows us to band and tag the Swans.
Laurel capturing a Swan
Laurel checking the Swans mouth to make sure there is no corn in the airway. Whole corn is used to entice the Swans to come close enough to capture
Laurel is applying the leg band and wing tags. The Swan is sexed. Band on right leg for male and left leg for female.
