Nature Photography by Matthew Ireland

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The purpose of this website is to introduce anyone with even a slight interest in nature to the fascinating array of plants and animals that surround us. The majority of the photographs are of the plants and animals of Ontario while others may include  introduced or exotic species.  Prints of my photographs are available upon request. You can contact me at the following email address:

sternotherus@gmail.com

Updated - Sept 6/07 Summer 2007 Photos

Hog Sphinx (Darapsa myron)

Bufo typhonius

PERU PHOTOS

Lisa's Thailand Monkey Photos

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A Litte Bit About Me......

Born and raised in Ontario I have spent most of my life in and around the town of Lindsay.  As a wee gaffer I spent my days chasing anything that moved and would spend countless hours squirreling around in the woods.  As the years passed my love of all things living grew more and more as did my grizzly facial hair.  I began to keep and breed all kinds of animals from hamsters to scorpions to venomous reptiles.  Eventually I was lucky enough to get a job at a local summer camp and used the opportunity to teach children about the plants and animals of Ontario.  From there I began using my captive animals to perform educational demonstrations for children (Although at times it seemed that the parents would ask most of the questions!).  After many pointless years in high school I graduated and enrolled at Trent University.  Much to my dismay I discovered that the university curriculum was for the most part just as dull and uninspiring as the high school curriculum had been.  However after two years at Trent University I managed to get a summer job assisting in a research project on local amphibians.  For the majority of the spring and summer I was outdoors collecting and observing the myriad of different plants and animals around me.  I was also able to take many of the pictures that are now on this website with the help of my brothers digital camera.  After that summer I was hooked on digital photography and now I have a simple camera of my own.  I am currently attending Guelph University and will continue to update my site periodically.  Until then I hope that you enjoy the information, photographs and my occasional attempts at humour.

Mmmmmm.....tree wrangling.

Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta)

"I went into the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived" Henry David Thoreau

"In the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create, but by what we refuse to destroy." John Sawhill

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