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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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Lise Boh recorded this video of a honey bee in Wayland.
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A blue dasher at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed a blue dasher and a green frog at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston.
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Brown-headed cowbirds, common grackles, red-winged blackbirds, and eastern chipmunks in Sudbury, photographed by Roel Daling.
Roel Daling photographed brown-headed cowbirds, common grackles, red-winged blackbirds, eastern chipmunks, and an onlooking red-tailed hawk in Sudbury.
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A common whitetail dragonfly at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a common whitetail dragonfly and mallards at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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Mute swans at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a two youg mute swans, and a great blue heron consuming a fish at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A bald eagle at Foss Reservoir in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a bald eagle at Foss Reservoir in Framingham.
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A cedar waxwing at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed an eastern bluebird and a cedar waxwing at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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An American toad at SVT's Memorial Forest in Sudbury, photographed by Karin Paquin.
Karin Paquin photographed this American toad at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.
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A cedar waxwing at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a cedar waxwing, an eastern tailed-blue, a northern cardinal, and a pair of red-winged blackbirds at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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Raspberry slime mold near the Sudbury River in Southborough, photographed by Deborah Costine.
Deborah Costine photographed this raspberry slime mold near the Sudbury River in Southborough.
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Flowering helleborine in Southborough, photographed by Deborah Costine.
Deborah Costine photographed this helleborine near the Sudbury River in Southborough.
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A red-winged blackbird and a red-tailed hawk at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a red-winged blackbird pestering a red-tailed hawk 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 this great blue heron as it caught a fish at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A northern water snake at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this northern water snake at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury.
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An immature bald eagle at Foss Reservoir in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed two bald eagles at Foss Reservoir in Framingham.

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