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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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Mute swans at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Sudbury, photographed by Marie Rock.
Marie Rock photographed this family of mute swans at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Sudbury.
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Great blue herons at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Sudbury, photographed by Marie Rock.
Marie Rock photographed these great blue herons at their nest in Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Sudbury.
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An immature bald eagle at its nest on Foss Reservoir in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed bald eagles at Foss Reservoir in Framingham.
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An American goldfinch at Farm Pond in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed an American golfinch, a pair of red-winged blackbirds mobbing a great blue heron, and a red-winged blackbird with a dragonfly.
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A domestic goose gosling at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a domestic goose gosling and a green heron at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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Wood ducks at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this family of wood ducks on Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury.
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A song sparrow at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this song sparrow at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A water lily blossom in Lincoln, photographed by Harold McAleer.
Harold McAleer photographed this water lily in Lincoln.
Andy Bentley used an automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph a white-tailed deer in Westford.
Andy Bentley used an automatically triggered wildlife camera to record this video of coyote pups in Westford.
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A great blue heron at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a great blue heron at Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough.
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A common grackle at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a common grackle and an eastern kingbird at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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Wood ducks at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed wood ducks at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury.
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A barred owl in Wayland, photographed by Nancy Wright.
Nancy Wright photographed this family of barred owls in Wayland.
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An eastern chipmunk in Lincoln, photographed by Harold McAleer.
Harold McAleer photographed this eastern chipmunk in Lincoln.

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