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Our Nature Sightings images depict the many species of wildlife that make their homes in the SVT region.

SVT protects and cares for some of this region’s most important forests, wetlands, and grasslands—natural areas that provide homes to the wildlife we 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 with our Nature Sightings page for everyone to enjoy. 

We also post selected images to our Facebook and Instagram pages, and we send a monthly Nature Sightings e-newsletter to interested subscribers.

Each year, we collect some of our favorite images into an online photo album:

Best of 2025    Best of 2024     Best of 2023     Best of 2022     Best of 2021     Best of 2020
 

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.) 
 

 

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A Wood Duck at Wayne F. MacCallum Wildlife Management Area in Westborough, photographed by Nancy Szostak Wright.
Nancy Szostak Wright photographed this Wood Duck at Wayne F. MacCallum Wildlife Management Area in Westborough.
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A Red-tailed Hawk at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a Red-tailed Hawk, a Northern Cardinal, American Goldfinches, and a Northern Flicker at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A Ruby-throated Hummingbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these Ruby-throated Hummingbirds at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A Great Blue Heron at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed Great Blue Herons, Ospreys, a Lesser Yellowlegs, a Spotted Sandpiper, a Twelve-spotted Skimmer, a Snapping Turtle, a Green Heron, a Double-crested Cormorant, and a Belted Kingfisher at...
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A Bobcat walks through a yard in Southborough, photographed by Debbie Costine.
Debbie Costine photographed this Bobcat in a Southborough yard.
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An Osprey at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed Ospreys and Bald Eagles at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough.
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A White-tailed Deer fawn in Sudbury, photographed by Stephen Capistron.
Stephen Capistron photographed this White-tailed Deer feeding its fawn in Sudbury.
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A Coyote in Sudbury, photographed by Laura Israel.
Laura Israel photographed this Coyote in Sudbury.
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A Cardinal Flower along the Sudbury River in Southborough, photographed by Debbie Costine.
Debbie Costine photographed this Cardinal Flower along the Sudbury River in Southborough.
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A Bobcat in Framingham, photographed with an automatically triggered wildlife camera by Margaret McKane.
Margaret McKane used her automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph a Bobcat and a White-tailed Deer fawn at a Beaver pond in Framingham.
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A Gray Tree Frog in Wayland, photographed by Michelle Vanslette.
Michelle Vanslette photographed this Gray Tree Frog in Wayland.
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A Large Maple Spanworm moth at SVT's Wolbach Farm in Sudbury, photographed by Norm Levey.
Norm Levey photographed this Large Maple Spanworm moth at SVT's Moth Week event at Wolbach Farm in Sudbury. You can see information about this species and the 28 others that...
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An Eastern Tailed-blue butterfly at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed an Eastern Tailed-blue, a Spicebush Swallowtail, an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, a Monarch, and a Pearl Crescent at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A Ruby-throated Hummingbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this Ruby-throated Hummingbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A Northern Flicker at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a Northern Flicker, an Eastern Kingbird, American Goldfinches, a House Finch, and Red-tailed Hawks at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.

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