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Nature Sightings images and videos show the many species of wildlife that make their homes in the SVT region.

SVT cares for some of this region’s most important forests, wetlands, and grasslands—natural areas that support wildlife habitat that is crucial to the species we feel lucky to 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 for everyone to enjoy. In addition to displaying the images on this page, we also post selected images to our Facebook and Instagram pages, and we send a monthly Nature Sightings e-newsletter to interested subscribers. Subscribe.

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.
 

Best of 2023: We've collected 50 of our favorite images from 2023 into an online photo album for you to enjoy. 

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A belted kingfisher at Bruce's Pond in Hudson, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a belted kingfisher and a great blue heron at Bruce's Pond in Hudson.
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A barn swallow at the Wayne F. MacCallum Wildlife Management Area in Westborough, photographed by Nancy Wright.
Nancy Wright photographed a rose-breasted grosbeak and a barn swallow feeding its young at the Wayne F. MacCallum Wildlife Management Area in Westborough.
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A brown-headed cowbird at Lake Chauncy in Westborough, photographed by Nancy Wright.
Nancy Wright photographed a brown-headed cowbird, an eastern kingbird, an eastern wood-pewee, and a yellow warbler at Lake Chauncy in Westborough.
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A raccoon swimming in Grafton, photographed by Nancy Wright.
Nancy Wright photographed this swimming raccoon in Grafton.
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Mating tree swallows in Grafton, photographed by Nancy Wright.
Nancy Wright photographed this mating pair of tree swallows in Grafton.
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A cotton-tailed rabbit in Harvard, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed a cotton-tailed rabbit and a pileated woodpecker in Harvard.
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A red-tailed hawk in Boxborough, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed this red-tailed hawk in Boxborough.
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A common garter snake at SVT's Cowassock Woods in Framingham, photographed by Michael Welles.
Michael Welles photographed a common garter snake and a praying mantis at SVT's Cowassock Woods in Framingham.
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A snapping turtle at Garden in the Woods in Framingham, photographed by Bill Fadden.
Bill Fadden photographed this snapping turtle at Garden in the Woods in Framingham.
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A red-tailed hawk in Harvard, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed this red-tailed hawk in Harvard.
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An eastern chipmunk in Bolton, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed this eastern chipmunk in Bolton.
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An ovenbird in Bolton, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed this ovenbird in Bolton.
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A gray tree frog in Bolton, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed this gray tree frog in Bolton.
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Debbie Costine photographed this Jack-in-the-pulpit in Southborough.
Debbie Costine photographed this Jack-in-the-pulpit in Southborough.
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A common garter snake at Peppergrass Brook Conservation Area in Bedford, photographed by Chris Reardon.
Chris Reardon photographed this common garter snake at Peppergrass Brook Conservation Area in Bedford.

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