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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 killdeer at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this killdeer at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A blue dasher at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a blue dasher dragonfly, an American robin, and a Halloween pennant dragonfly at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury.
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A great blue heron at Farm Pond in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a great blue heron, Halloween pennant dragonflies, and a red-winged blackbird at Farm Pond in Framingham.
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A barn swallow at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a barn swallow, bumble bees, a northern mockingbird, American crows, a grasshopper, a chipping sparrow, a cotton-tailed rabbit, and a northern cardinal at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land...
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A white-tailed deer fawn in Concord, photographed by Sara Brydges.
Sara Brydges photographed this white-tailed deer fawn at the edge of her lawn in Concord.
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A spotted turtle at Crane Swamp in Northborough, photographed by Laura Lane.
Laura Lane photographed this spotted turtle at Crane Swamp in Northborough.
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A ruby-throated hummingbird in Harvard, photographed by Robin Right.
Robin Right photographed this ruby-throated hummingbird in Harvard.
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A Carolina wren at its nest in Framingham, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed a Carolina wren and its chick at a nest near her home in Framingham.
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A killdeer in Framingham, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed this killdeer in Framingham.
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An American lotus blossom in Framingham, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed this American lotus blossom in Framingham.
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A spotted cucumber beetle in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a spotted cucumber beetle, great blue herons, a cedar waxwing, a red-winged blackbird, a barn swallow, and a spicebush swallowtail butterfly in Southborough.
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A red admiral butterfly at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this red admiral butterfly at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A great blue heron at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this great blue heron at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury.
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A white-tailed deer fawn in Sudbury, photographed by Stephen Capistron.
Stephen Capistron photographed this white-tailed deer fawn in Sudbury.
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A gray squirrel in Framingham, photographed by Eileen Aronson.
Eileen Aronson photographed this gray squirrel resting on a rock in her garden in Framingham.

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