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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 dark-eyed junco at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a dark-eyed junco, European starlings, a turkey vulture, and a white-throated sparrow at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A blue jay in Westborough, photographed by Nancy Wright.
Nancy Wright photographed a blue jay, a downy woodpecker, eastern bluebirds, a European starling, a red-bellied woodpecker, and a tree sparrow in Westborough.
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Gray squirrels in a nest box in Westborough, photographed by Nancy Wright.
Nancy Wright photographed these gray squirrels in a nest box in Westborough.
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A white-tailed deer in Westborough, photographed by Nancy Wright.
Nancy Wright photographed these white-tailed deer in Westborough.
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A downy woodpecker in Westborough, photographed by Nancy Wright.
Nancy Wright photographed a downy woodpecker, a northern cardinal, and a red-tailed hawk in Westborough.
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An American goldfinch in Westborough, photographed by Nancy Wright.
Nancy Wright photographed an American goldfinch and house finches in Westborough.
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An eastern comma at SVT's Gray Reservation in Sudbury, photographed by Victoria Holland.
Victoria Holland photographed an eastern comma butterfly, mallards, a red-breasted nuthatch, and a tufted titmouse at SVT's Gray Reservation in Sudbury.
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A house finch in Westborough, photographed by Nancy Wright.
Nancy Wright photographed a pair of house finches in Westborough.
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A beaver at Brewer Brook Dam in Berlin, photographed by Nancy Wright.
Nancy Wright photographed a beaver, signs of beavers, a pair of hooded mergansers, a pair of mallards, and reflections on the pond at Brewer Brook Dam in Berlin.
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An eastern bluebird in Westborough, photographed by Nancy Wright.
Nancy Wright photographed this eastern bluebird at the Wayne F. MacCallum Wildlife Management Area in Westborough.
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European starlings at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed European starlings and a song sparrow at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A painted turtle at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed painted turtles at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury.
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A hooded merganser at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed a pair of hooded mergansers, an osprey, and a painted turtle at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord.
Jon Turner used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to record this video of a mink in Bolton.
Jon Turner used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to record this video of a beaver starting to gnaw bark from a pond-side tree in Bolton.

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