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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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American crows at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed American crows and a blue jay at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A red-bellied woodpecker at SVT's Memorial Forest in Sudbury, photographed by Craig Smith.
Craig Smith photographed a red-bellied woodpecker and a wood frog at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.
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A great blue heron at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a great blue heron at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A monarch butterfly at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed monarch butterflies, a red-tailed hawk, a turkey vulture, an American lady butterfly, a blue dasher, a bumble bee, a cabbage white butterfly, and a red-bellied woodpecker at...
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A song sparrow at Farm Pond in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a song sparrow at Farm Pond in Framingham.
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A red-tailed hawk in Framingham, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed this red-tailed hawk in Framingham.
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A monarch butterfly in Sudbury, photographed by Sharon Tentarelli.
Sharon Tentarelli photographed a monarch butterfly and a northern flicker in Sudbury.
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A mallard at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed mallards at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A bald eagle at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a bald eagle at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough.
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Canada geese at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these Canada geese at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A black-shouldered drone fly at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a black-shouldered drone fly at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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An osprey at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this osprey diving for a fish, and ultimately dropping it, at Hager Pond in Marlborough. (Click the white arrows in the image to see the next photo...
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Mute swans at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed mute swans, painted turtles, and a Canada goose at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A spider's web in Concord, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed this spider's web in Concord.
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An American kestrel at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed an American kestrel at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.

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