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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 great blue heron at MacCallum Wildlife Management Area in Westborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this great blue heron at MacCallum Wildlife Management Area in Westborough.
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A red-tailed hawk at MacCallum Wildlife Management Area in Northborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a red-tailed hawk and a turkey vulture at MacCallum Wildlife Management Area in Northborough.
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A broad-winged hawk in Harvard, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed this broad-winged hawk in Harvard.
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A mute swan at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these mute swans 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 and a northern mockingbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A belted kingfisher at Bruce's Pond in Hudson, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a belted kingfisher and a great blue heron at Bruce's Pond in Hudson.
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A barn swallow at the Wayne F. MacCallum Wildlife Management Area in Westborough, photographed by Nancy Wright.
Nancy Wright photographed a rose-breasted grosbeak and a barn swallow feeding its young at the Wayne F. MacCallum Wildlife Management Area in Westborough.
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A brown-headed cowbird at Lake Chauncy in Westborough, photographed by Nancy Wright.
Nancy Wright photographed a brown-headed cowbird, an eastern kingbird, an eastern wood-pewee, and a yellow warbler at Lake Chauncy in Westborough.
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A raccoon swimming in Grafton, photographed by Nancy Wright.
Nancy Wright photographed this swimming raccoon in Grafton.
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Mating tree swallows in Grafton, photographed by Nancy Wright.
Nancy Wright photographed this mating pair of tree swallows in Grafton.
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A cotton-tailed rabbit in Harvard, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed a cotton-tailed rabbit and a pileated woodpecker in Harvard.
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A red-tailed hawk in Boxborough, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed this red-tailed hawk in Boxborough.
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A common garter snake at SVT's Cowassock Woods in Framingham, photographed by Michael Welles.
Michael Welles photographed a common garter snake and a praying mantis at SVT's Cowassock Woods in Framingham.
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A snapping turtle at Garden in the Woods in Framingham, photographed by Bill Fadden.
Bill Fadden photographed this snapping turtle at Garden in the Woods in Framingham.
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A red-tailed hawk in Harvard, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed this red-tailed hawk in Harvard.

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