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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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An osprey at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this osprey at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A green heron at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this green heron at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A great blue heron at Bruce's Pond in Hudson, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this great blue heron at Bruce's Pond in Hudson.
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A clouded sulphur butterfly at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a clouded sulphur butterfly, a skipper, American goldfinches, ruby-throated hummingbirds, a cedar waxwing, a grasshopper, and a northern water snake at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A bobcat and this year's kitten in Framingham, photographed with an automatically triggered wildlife camera by Margaret McKane.
These bobcats were photographed in Framingham with an automatically triggered wildlife camera by Margaret McKane.
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An American toad in Harvard, photographed by Robin Right.
Robin Right photographed this American toad in Harvard.
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Black trumpet mushrooms in Sudbury, photographed by Diane Vabulas.
Diane Vabulas photographed these black trumpet mushrooms in Sudbury.
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A mushroom at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge, photographed by John McKinney.
John McKinney photographed this mushroom at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Sudbury.
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A bobcat near Marble Hill Conservation Area in Stow, photographed by Ken Descoteaux.
Ken Descoteaux photographed this bobcat near Marble Hill Conservation Area in Stow.
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A northern water snake in an overturned canoe in Harvard, photographed by Fred Silverstein.
Fred Silverstein photographed this northern water snake in an overturned canoe in Harvard.
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A dog-day cicada in Natick, photographed by Greg Dysart.
Greg Dysart photographed this dog-day cicada in Natick.
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A mushroom at Danforth Falls in Hudson, photographed by William Watt.
William Watt photographed this mushroom at Danforth Falls in Hudson.
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A green heron at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a green heron, an osprey catching a fish, and a spotted sandpiper at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A blue dasher at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this blue dasher dragonfly at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury.
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Black swallowtails at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed black swallowtails, a bumble bee, eastern tiger swallowtails, ruby-throated hummingbirds, a monarch butterfly, and northern flickers at Breakneck Hill Conservation Area in Southborough.

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