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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 monarch butterfly at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a monarch butterfly and a red-tailed hawk at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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Canada geese at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed Canada geese and a killdeer at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A bald eagle at Foss Reservoir in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a bald eagle at Foss Reservoir in Framingham.
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A house finch at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a house finch and a northern flicker at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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Citrus flatid planthoppers in Northborough, photographed by Marnie Frankian.
Marnie Frankian photographed citrus flatid planthoppers, a great black wasp, a great golden digger wasp, and a milkweed leaf beetle in Northborough.
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Stink bugs in Northborough, photographed by Marnie Frankian.
Marnie Frankian photographed these stink bugs in Northborough.
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Cardinal flowers in Marlborough, photographed by Karin Paquin.
Karin Paquin photographed cardinal flowers along Trout Brook in the Marlborough-Sudbury State Forest in Marlborough.
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A bald eagle at Bare Hill Pond in Harvard, photographed by Robin Right.
Robin Right photographed this bald eagle at Bare Hill Pond in Harvard.
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An American goldfinch at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed an American goldfinch, a chipping sparrow, a duskywing butterfly, and a monarch butterfly at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A leaf-footed bug in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this leaf-footed bug at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A monarch butterfly in Wayland, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed a monarch butterfly and wood ducks from Pelham Island Road in Wayland.
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Great blue herons at their nest in Sudbury, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed these great blue herons at their nest near Feeley Field in Sudbury.
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A Cooper's hawk in Sudbury, photographed by Sharon Tentarelli.
Sharon Tentarelli photographed this immature Cooper's hawk in Sudbury.
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Meadow rue blossoms in Northborough, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Marnie Frankian photographed these meadow rue blossoms in Northborough.
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An eastern bluebird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed an eastern bluebird, a gray catbird, a red-winged blackbird, a ruby-throated hummingbird, an indigo bunting, an American robin, eastern kingbirds, American goldfinches, a bumble bee, a great...

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