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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 red-tailed hawk with a gray squirrel in Sudbury, photographed by Irene Gruenfeld.
Irene Gruenfeld photographed this red-tailed hawk with a gray squirrel in Sudbury.
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Mute swans in Lincoln, photographed by Harold McAleer.
Harold McAleer photographed these mute swans in Lincoln.
Andy Bentley used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to record this video of a woodchuck in Westford.
Deborah Costine recorded this video of river otters at Mass Audubon's Waseeka Wildlife Sanctuary in Hopkinton.
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A pine siskin in Lincoln, photographed by Ron McAdow.
Ron McAdow photographed a pine siskin and a purple finch at his feeder in Lincoln.
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Canada geese at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed Canada geese and mallards at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A turkey vulture at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a turkey vulture and a northern mockingbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
Carl Guyer recorded this video of American goldfinches in Southborough.
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A dark-eyed junco in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed dark-eyed juncos and a northern cardinal in Framingham.
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A red fox in Stow, photographed with an automatically triggered wildlife camera by Steve Cumming.
Steve Cumming used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph this red fox in Stow.
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A pileated woodpecker in Framingham, photographed by Eileen Aronson.
Eileen Aronson photographed this pileated woodpecker in Framingham.
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A black-capped chickadee in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a black-capped chickadee, a blue jay, a dark-eyed junco, a house sparrow, a mourning dove, a northern cardinal, a tufted titmouse, and a white-breasted nuthatch at his...
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A black-capped chickadee at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a black-capped chickadee, a palm warbler, a red-tailed hawk, a turkey vulture, and a yellow-rumped warbler at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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Mallards at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these mallards at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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An eastern bluebird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed an eastern bluebird, a European starling, a house finch, and a yellow-rumped warbler at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.

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