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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 coyote passes by mallards in Framingham, photographed using an automatically triggered trail camera by Margaret McKane.
Margaret McKane used her automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph a coyote and mallards in Framingham.
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An ovenbird at Horse Meadows Knoll in Harvard, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed an overnbird and a family of wood ducks at Horse Meadows Knoll in Harvard.
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Canada geese in Harvard, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed these Canada geese in Harvard.
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A red-bellied woodpecker in Framingham, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed this red-bellied woodpecker at her feeder in Framingham.
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An eastern bluebird at the Acton Arboretum, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed these eastern bluebirds at the Acton Arboretum.
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A ruby-throated hummingbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these ruby-throated hummingbirds at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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An American goldfinch at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed American goldfinches, a red-tailed hawk, and barn swallows at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A bumble bee at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed bumble bees, black swallowtails, a grasshopper, an eastern tailed-blue, eastern tiger swallowtails, monarchs, and spicebush swallowtails at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A double-crested cormorant at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed double-crested cormorants, a red-winged blackbird, a downy woodpecker, a mallard, and a ring-billed gull at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A slaty skimmer at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this slaty skimmer at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury.
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A turkey in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a turkey and a white-tailed deer in Framingham.
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A vesper bluet at Lake Cochituate in Wayland, photographed by Greg Dysart.
Greg Dysart photographed this vesper bluet at Lake Cochituate in Wayland.
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A dog-day cicada in Natick, photographed by Greg Dysart.
Greg Dysart photographed a dog-day cicada in Natick.
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An eastern tiger swallowtail in Wayland, photographed by Shelley Trucksis.
Shelley Trucksis photographed an eastern tiger swallowtail, a hummingbird clearwing moth, a monarch butterfly, and a northern leopard frog in Wayland.
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Cedar waxwings at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed cedar waxwings, an eastern tiger swallowtail, and a spicebush swallowtail at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.

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