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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 white-tailed deer fawn along the Boroughs Loop Trail in Marlborough, photographed by Karin Paquin.
Karin Paquin photographed this white-tailed deer fawn along the Boroughs Loop Trail in Marlborough.
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A green frog in Berlin, photographed by Sarah Davis.
Sarah Davis photographed a green frog and a northern water snake along the trails from Berlin Meadows.
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A ruby-throated hummingbird in Harvard, photographed by Robin Right.
Robin Right photographed this ruby-throated hummingbird in Harvard.
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A four-toothed mason wasp at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a four-toothed mason wasp, a red-tailed hawk, a barn swallow, and a tree swallow at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A bobcat in Marlborough, photographed with a remote camera by Kevin Kaeding.
Kevin Kaeding shared this remote camera video of a bobcat from outside his home in Marlborough.
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A double-crested cormorant at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a double-crested cormorant, a great blue heron, and mallards at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A common garter snake eating an American toad in Sudbury, photographed by Liz Hanna.
Liz Hanna photographed this common garter snake preying on an American toad in Sudbury.
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A great blue heron at Farm Pond in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a great blue heron and a red-winged blackbird at Farm Pond in Framingham.
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A great blue heron at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a great blue heron and mallard ducklings at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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Cedar waxwings at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed cedar waxwings, an eastern bluebird, house sparrows, a northern flicker, and an American robin at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A bobolink at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed bobolinks at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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Great blue herons at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these great blue herons at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough.
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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.
Andy Bentley used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to record this video of a coyote with prey in Westford.
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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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