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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 blue jay at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed blue jays, a crow, a dark-eyed junco, an eastern bluebird, European starlings, and a northern cardinal at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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Canada geese and a hooded merganser at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed Canada geese, hooded mergansers, a mallard, a bald eagle, ring-billed gulls, and ring-necked ducks at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
Stephen Bernacki recorded this video of American black bears in Northborough.
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White-tailed deer and turkeys in Northborough, photographed by Stephen Bernacki.
Stephen Bernacki photographed white-tailed deer and turkeys in Northborough.
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A mallard at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a mallard, mute swans, and ring-billed gulls at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A red fox in Lincoln, photographed by Harold McAleer.
Harold McAleer photographed this red fox in Lincoln.
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A blue jay in Maynard, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed a blue jay, eastern bluebirds, a red-breasted nuthatch, and a tufted titmouse in Maynard.
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Mallards at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a mating pair of mallards at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A Canada goose at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a Canada goose and mallards at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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An American robin at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed an American robin and a mourning dove at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A white-tailed deer in Framingham, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed this white-tailed deer in Framingham.
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A house sparrow at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed house sparrows, red-tailed hawks, and a European starling at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A Canada goose at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a Canada goose, mallards, and ring-billed gulls at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A hooded merganser on the Sudbury River in Framingham, photographed by Brendan Kearney.
Brendan Kearney photographed this hooded merganser on the Sudbury River from the Wickford Street bridge in Framingham.
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A common redpoll at SVT's Memorial Forest in Sudbury, photographed by Victoria Holland.
Victoria Holland photographed a common redpoll and a downy woodpecker at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.

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