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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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Lise Boh recorded this video of feeder birds, including a white-breasted nuthatch, in Wayland.
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Canada geese at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed Canada geese, a mute swan, a northern pintail, and a ring-billed gull at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A blue jay at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a blue jay, a European starling, and a house sparrow at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A great blue heron on the Sudbury River in Framingham, photographed by Tom Schneider.
Tom Schneider photographed this great blue heron on the Sudbury River in Framingham.
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A great blue heron on the Sudbury River in Framingham, photographed by Tom Schneider.
Tom Schneider photographed this great blue heron on the Sudbury River in Framingham.
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A river otter at Fort Meadow Reservoir in Marlborough, photographed by Tami White.
Tami White photographed this river otter at Fort Meadow Reservoir in Marlborough.
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A bald eagle along the Sudbury River in Framingham, photographed by Thomas Schneider.
Thomas Schneider photographed this bald eagle along the Sudbury River in Framingham.
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A bobcat in Berlin, photographed with an automatically triggered wildlife camera by Walter Bickford.
Walter Bickford used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph this bobcat in Berlin.
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A winter wren at Valley Pond in Lincoln, photographed by Norm Levey.
Norm Levey photographed this winter wren at Valley Pond in Lincoln. To hear the song of the winter wren, check out this recording that Norm made recently at SVT's Lyons-Cutler...
Norm Levey recorded the song of a winter wren at SVT's Lyons-Cutler Reservation in Sudbury. Also heard in the background are the calls of a black-capped chickadee, American robin, and...
Steve Leo used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to record this video of a coyote at SVT's Cedar Swamp Reservation in Westborough.
Steve Leo used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to record this video of two coyotes at SVT's Cedar Swamp Reservation in Westborough.
Steve Leo used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to record this video of a fisher at SVT's Cedar Swamp Reservation in Westborough.
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A bald eagle at Mill Pond in Maynard, photographed by Dany Pelletier.
Dany Pelletier photographed this bald eagle at Mill Pond in Maynard.
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A northern mockingbird in Natick, photographed by Sharon Tentarelli.
Sharon Tentarelli photographed this northern mockingbird at Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary in Natick.

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