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Nature Sightings images and videos show the many species of wildlife that make their homes in the SVT region.

SVT cares for some of this region’s most important forests, wetlands, and grasslands—natural areas that support wildlife habitat that is crucial to the species we feel lucky to see on walks, in our back yards, and in fleeting glimpses on roadsides.

SVT is grateful to the many members and friends who share their photographs and videos for everyone to enjoy. In addition to displaying the images on this page, we also post selected images to our Facebook and Instagram pages, and we send a monthly Nature Sightings e-newsletter to interested subscribers. Subscribe.

Interested in submitting a photo or video? Please send it as an email attachment to Dan Stimson, [email protected].  (Please read our Nature Sightings Disclaimer before sending any images.
 

Best of 2023: We've collected 50 of our favorite images from 2023 into an online photo album for you to enjoy. 

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A bald eagle over Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
A bald eagle over Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
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A raccoon sleeping in a tree along the Small Trail in Harvard, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed this raccoon sleeping in a tree along the Small Trail in Harvard.
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A common garter snake at Horse Meadows Knoll in Harvard, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed a common garter snake, mallards, and a ring-necked duck at Horse Meadows Knoll in Harvard.
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A hooded merganser in Harvard, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed hooded mergansers and a white-breasted nuthatch in Harvard.
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A dark-eyed junco at Flagg Hill in Boxborough, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed a dark-eyed junco, an eastern bluebird, and eastern phoebe, ring-necked ducks, and a song sparrow at Flagg Hill in Boxborough.
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A belted kingfisher at Bower's Springs in Bolton, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed a belted kingfisher and a red-tailed hawk at Bower's Springs in Bolton.
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A barred owl in Bolton, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed a barred owl and a red-tailed hawk in Bolton.
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A bufflehead at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
A bufflehead at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
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Great blue herons at their nest in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these great blue herons at their nests in Southborough.
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A bald eagle in Natick, photographed by Elysse Nava.
Elysse Nava photographed this bald eagle in Natick.
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A Cooper's hawk at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this Cooper's hawk at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A red-winged blackbird at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a red-winged blackbird and a pair of mute swans at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A mute swan at Bruce's Pond in Hudson, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a pair of mute swans at Bruce's Pond in Hudson.
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A downy woodpecker at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a downy woodpecker, a song sparrow, and a red-winged blackbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
Jon Turner used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to record this video of a mating pair of barred owls, with clucking wood frogs in the background, in Harvard.

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