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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 great blue heron along the Sudbury River in Framingham, photographed by Brendan Kearney.
Brendan Kearney photographed this great blue heron along the Sudbury River in Framingham.
Nancy Wright recorded this video of a beaver at Brewer Brook Dam in Berlin.
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A common grackle at Great Meadows in Concord, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed common grackles and red-winged blackbirds at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord.
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A northern flicker at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a northern flicker at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A turkey vulture at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a turkey vulture at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord.
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Brown-headed cowbirds at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a pair of brown-headed cowbirds at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A bald eagle at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a pair of bald eagles over the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough.
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A red-tailed hawk off Pelham Island Road in Wayland, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed this red-tailed hawk off Pelham Island Rd in Wayland.
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A Cooper's hawk in Maynard, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed this Cooper's hawk in Maynard.
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A red-tailed hawk in Acton, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed this red-tailed hawk in Acton.
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A Cooper's hawk in Bolton, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed this Cooper's hawk in Bolton.
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An American crow at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed an American crow and an American wigeon at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A bald eagle over the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed two bald eagles over the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough.
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A downy woodpecker at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a downy woodpecker and an eastern bluebird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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An American crow at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed an American crow, a common grackle, house sparrows, and a red-winged blackbird at Hager Pond in Marlborough.

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