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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 pair of mallards at Bruce's Pond in Hudson, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a pair of mallards and a mute swan on its nest at Bruce's Pond in Hudson.
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A common yellowthroat at Well Meadow in Concord, photographed by Ron McAdow.
Ron McAdow photographed this common yellowthroat at Well Meadow in Concord.
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A red-tailed hawk at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a red-tailed hawk, a northern mockingbird, a red-winged blackbird, American goldfinches, and a killdeer at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A yellow-throated vireo at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Sudbury, photographed by Ron McAdow.
Ron McAdow photographed this yellow-throated vireo at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Sudbury.
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A great blue heron in Framingham, photographed with an automatically triggered wildlife camera by Margaret McKane.
Margaret McKane used her automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph a great blue heron, a white-tailed deer, wood ducks, a beaver, a raccoon, and an eastern chipmunk at a beaver...
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A cottontail rabbit in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this cottontail rabbit in Framingham.
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A cottontail rabbit in Sudbury, photographed by Nancy Shaw.
Nancy Shaw photographed this cottontail rabbit in Sudbury.
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A common garter snake preys on a gray tree frog at Mt. Ward in Marlborough, photographed by David Searl.
David Searl photographed this common garter snake preying on a gray tree frog at Mt. Ward in Marlborough.
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A Baltimore oriole in Lincoln, photographed by Ron McAdow.
Ron McAdow photographed this Baltimore oriole in Lincoln.
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A turkey in Framingham, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed this turkey in Framingham.
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Coyotes at Mass Audubon's Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary in Lincoln, photographed by Ron McAdow.
Ron McAdow photographed these coyotes at Mass Audubon's Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary in Lincoln.
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A turkey in Framingham, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed this turkey in Framingham.
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A pileated woodpecker in Framingham, photographed by Dean Webster.
Dean Webster photographed this pileated woodpecker in Framingham.
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An osprey in Wayland, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed this osprey in Wayland.
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An osprey with nesting materials at Feeley Field in Sudbury, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed this osprey bringing nesting material to a nest at Feeley Field in Sudbury.

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