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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 black-capped chickadee at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a black-capped chickadee and a blue jay at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A mallard at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these mallards at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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Common mergansers on the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these common mergansers at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough.
Jon Turner used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to record this video of a fisher in Bolton.
Jon Turner used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to record this beaver in Bolton.
Jon Turner used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph this coyote in Bolton.
Jon Turner used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to record this video of river otters in Bolton.
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A leucistic red-tailed hawk in Southborough, photographed by Rebecca Watters.
Rebecca Watters photographed this leucistic red-tailed hawk near the Sudbury River on Wood St in Southborough. Learn more about this variation in coloring at Cornell's Project Feeder Watch site.
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A white-tailed deer in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this white-tailed deer in Framingham.
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Signs of beavers at SVT's Lyons-Cutler Reservation in Sudbury, photographed by Alice Howe.
Alice Howe photographed a chewed tree with a beaver lodge in the background at SVT's Lyons-Cutler Reservation in Sudbury.
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A black-capped chickadee at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a black-capped chickadee, a northern mockingbird, and a song sparrow at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
Lisa Morris recorded this video of a beaver at Fort Meadow Lake in Marlborough.
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Hooded mergansers at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed hooded mergansers, a mallard, and ring-billed gulls at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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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, and a red-tailed hawk at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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An eastern bluebird in Framingham, photographed by Katharine Becker.
Katharine Becker photographed this eastern bluebird in Framingham.

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