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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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Matti Farro recorded this video of a pileated woodpecker in Sudbury.
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A common grackle at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a common grackle, a tree swallow, a warbling vireo, a yellow-rumped warbler, and a yellow warbler at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A black-and-white-warbler in Hopkinton, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this black-and-white warbler at Mass Audubon's Waseeka Wildlife Sanctuary in Hopkinton.
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A barn swallow at Hopkinton State Park, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these barn swallows at Hopkinton State Park.
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A ruby-throated hummingbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a ruby-throated hummingbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A mute swan and cygnets at SVT's Lyons-Cutler Reservation in Sudbury, photographed by Richard Morse.
Richard Morse photographed this mute swan and seven cygnets at the confluence of Allowance and Hop Brooks, from SVT's Lyons-Cutler Reservation in Sudbury.
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A common garter snake eating a northern leopard frog in Sudbury, photographed by Sarah Macone.
Sarah Macone photographed this common garter snake eating a northern leopard frog near Pantry Brook in Sudbury.
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A pileated woodpecker in Stow, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed a pileated woodpecker, a scarlet tanager, a yellow warbler, a mallard, and an osprey catching a fish in Stow.
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A fisher in Bolton, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed this fisher catching a mouse in Bolton.
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A Baltimore oriole in Bolton, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed this Baltimore oriole in Bolton.
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A beaver in Bolton, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed a beaver, a picnicking eastern chipmunk, and tree swallows in Bolton.
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A palm warbler in Bolton, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed a palm warbler and a yellow-rumped warbler in Bolton.
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A song sparrow in Sudbury, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed this song sparrow in Sudbury.
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An American robin in Harvard, photographed by Robin Right.
Robin Right photographed this American robin at a nest in Harvard.
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Canada geese at Farm Pond in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed Canada geese, a chipping sparrow, mute swans, an osprey, and a red-winged blackbird at Farm Pond in Framingham.

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