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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 white-tailed deer at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Mari Badger.
Mari Badger photographed a white-tailed deer, an ebony jewelwing, and a snowberry clearwing moth at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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An eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly in Lincoln, photographed by Ron McAdow.
Ron McAdow photographed this eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly in Lincoln.
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A double-crested cormorant and Canada geese at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a cormorant, Canada geese, eastern tiger swallowtail butterflies, a painted turtle, and a spotted sandpiper at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A wood duck at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this wood duck at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury.
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A white-tailed deer and its fawn in Frmaingham, photographed with an automatically triggered wildlife camera by Margaret McKane.
Margaret McKane used her automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph a white-tailed deer and its fawn in Framingham.
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A pair of Halloween pennant dragonflies at Farm Pond in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a pair of Halloween pennant dragonflies, an osprey, a red admiral butterfly, and a red-winged blackbird at Farm Pond in Framingham.
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An eastern kingbird at Bruce's Pond in Hudson, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these eastern kingbirds at Bruce's Pond in Hudson.
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A corimelaena bug at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a corimelaena bug, and eastern tailed-blue butterfly, and a ladybug at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A pearl crescent butterfly at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a pearl crescent and a ruby-throated hummingbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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An eastern pondhawk dragonfly at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed an eastern pondhawk dragonfly at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury.
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An American goldfinch at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed an American goldfinch, a black swallowtail butterfly, and a great blue heron at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord.
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A blue dasher at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed blue dashers, eastern pondhawks, and a common whitetail at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury.
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A water strider on Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this water strider on Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury.
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A Halloween pennant dragonfly at the Macomber Reservation in Framingham, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed this Halloween pennant dragonfly at the Macomber Reservation in Framingham.
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Great blue herons at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these great blue herons at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough.

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