Nature Sightings

Image
Nature Sightings Banner

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.
 

 

Search Nature Sightings

Species

Properties

Town

Image
A cotton-tailed rabbit in Maynard, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed this cotton-tailed rabbit in Maynard.
Image
A chipping sparrow in Maynard, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed this chipping sparrow in Maynard.
Image
Mute swans at Bruce's Pond in Hudson, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed mute swans and a great blue heron at Bruce's Pond in Hudson.
Image
An osprey passes over another nesting pair of ospreys at Feeley Field in Sudbury, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed an osprey over another nesting pair of ospreys at Feeley Field in Sudbury.
Image
A barred owl in Sudbury, photographed by Chris Menge.
Chris Menge photographed this barred owl in Sudbury.
Image
A yellow warbler at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a yellow warbler, a house finch, and a ruby-throated hummingbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
Image
Mallard ducklings at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these mallards at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
Image
A barn swallow in Hopkinton, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed barn swallows and a killdeer at Hopkinton State Park.
Image
A great blue heron in Stow, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed this great blue heron in Stow.
Image
Gail Sartori photographed this hooded merganser in Stow.
Gail Sartori photographed this hooded merganser in Stow.
Image
Gail Sartori photographed these white-tailed deer in Acton.
White-tailed deer in Acton, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Image
A ruby-throated hummingbird in Harvard, photographed by Robin Right.
Robin Right photographed this ruby-throated hummingbird in Harvard.
Image
Painted turtles at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed painted turtles, double-crested cormorants, a warbling vireo, a great blue heron, least sandpipers, mallards, mute swans, an eastern kingbird, a European starling, a baskettail dragonfly, a barn...
Image
A red-winged blackbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed red-winged blackbirds, a turkey, gray catbirds, yellow warblers, a red-tailed hawk, a northern mockingbird, and a ruby-throated hummingbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
Image
A bumble bee at Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this bumble bee at Mass Audubon's Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary in Lincoln.

Nature Sighting Species

Displayed View