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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 dog-day cicada in Natick, photographed by Greg Dysart.
Greg Dysart photographed this dog-day cicada in Natick.
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A mushroom at Danforth Falls in Hudson, photographed by William Watt.
William Watt photographed this mushroom at Danforth Falls in Hudson.
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A green heron at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a green heron, an osprey catching a fish, and a spotted sandpiper 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 this blue dasher dragonfly at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury.
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Black swallowtails at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed black swallowtails, a bumble bee, eastern tiger swallowtails, ruby-throated hummingbirds, a monarch butterfly, and northern flickers at Breakneck Hill Conservation Area in Southborough.
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A coyote passes by mallards in Framingham, photographed using an automatically triggered trail camera by Margaret McKane.
Margaret McKane used her automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph a coyote and mallards in Framingham.
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An ovenbird at Horse Meadows Knoll in Harvard, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed an overnbird and a family of wood ducks at Horse Meadows Knoll in Harvard.
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Canada geese in Harvard, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed these Canada geese in Harvard.
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A red-bellied woodpecker in Framingham, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed this red-bellied woodpecker at her feeder in Framingham.
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An eastern bluebird at the Acton Arboretum, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed these eastern bluebirds at the Acton Arboretum.
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A ruby-throated hummingbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these ruby-throated hummingbirds at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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An American goldfinch at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed American goldfinches, a red-tailed hawk, and barn swallows at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A bumble bee at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed bumble bees, black swallowtails, a grasshopper, an eastern tailed-blue, eastern tiger swallowtails, monarchs, and spicebush swallowtails at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A double-crested cormorant at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed double-crested cormorants, a red-winged blackbird, a downy woodpecker, a mallard, and a ring-billed gull at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A slaty skimmer at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this slaty skimmer at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury.

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