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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 brown thrasher in Lincoln, photographed by Ron McAdow.
Ron McAdow photographed a brown thrasher and eastern bluebirds in Lincoln.
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A Nessus sphinx moth in Lincoln, photographed by Ron McAdow.
Ron McAdow photographed this Nessus sphinx moth in Lincoln.
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A beaver along the Mass Central Rail Trail in Sudbury, photographed by Sophia Tholander.
Sophia Tholander photographed this beaver along the Mass Central Rail Trail in Sudbury.
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Great blue herons in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these great blue herons at their nests in Sudbury.
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A bald eagle at Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these bald eagles and a common grackle at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough.
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A barn swallow at Hopkinton State Park in Hopkinton, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed barn swallows and a running crab spider at Hopkinton State Park in Hopkinton.
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A white-tailed deer in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this white-tailed deer in Framingham.
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A great blue heron at Bartlett Pond in Northborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a great blue heron and mute swans at Bartlett Pond in Northborough.
Margaret McKane used her automatically triggered wildlife cameras in Framingham to capture videos and photos of beavers, a great blue heron, Canada geese, a white-tailed deer, and a wood duck...
Ron McAdow photographed and recorded video of these red foxes in Lincoln.
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A barred owl in Westborough, photographed by Nancy Szostak Wright.
Nancy Szostak Wright photographed this barred owl in Westborough.
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An American kestrel at Wayne F. MacCallum Wildlife Management Area in Westborough, photographed by Nancy Szostak Wright.
Nancy Szostak Wright photographed this American kestrel at Wayne F. MacCallum Wildlife Management Area in Westborough.
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A wood thrush at Mt. Misery in Lincoln, photographed by Ron McAdow.
Ron McAdow photographed a wood thrush, a family of Canada geese, and a Swainson's thrush at Mt. Misery in Lincoln.
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A great blue heron at Heywood's Meadow in Lincoln, photographed by Ron McAdow.
Ron McAdow photographed this great blue heron at Heywood's Meadow in Lincoln.
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A turkey in Lincoln, photographed by Ron McAdow.
Ron McAdow photographed a turkey, a Cape May warbler, rose-breasted grosbeaks, a house finch, a great crested flycatcher, and a Canada warbler in Lincoln.

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