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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 rose-breasted grosbeak in Acton, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed this pair of rose-breasted grosbeaks in Acton.
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A green heron at Bruce's Pond in Hudson, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed this green heron at Bruce's Pond in Hudson.
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A mallard and ducklings at Bruce's Pond in Hudson, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed these mallards and wood ducks at Bruce's Pond in Hudson.
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A beaver at Hamlen Woods in Wayland, photographed by William Watt.
William Watt photographed this beaver at Hamlen Woods in Wayland.
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A barred owl in Sudbury, photographed by Chris Menge.
Chris Menge photographed this barred owl in Sudbury.
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A Baltimore oriole in Framingham, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed this Baltimore oriole in Framingham.
Ron McAdow used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to capture this video of a bobcat near Fairhaven Bay in Concord.
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Chris Reardon photographed this caterpillar at SVT's Wolbach Farm in Sudbury.
Chris Reardon photographed this caterpillar, a member of the tiger moth genus Haploa, at SVT's Wolbach Farm in Sudbury.
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An American goldfinch at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed an American goldfinch, a northern cardinal, a red-tailed hawk, a pair of red-winged blackbirds, and a tree swallow at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A brown-headed cowbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this brown-headed cowbird 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.
An American goldfinch and a tree swallow at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
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An American kestrel and a red-tailed hawk at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a red-tailed hawk and an American kestrel at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A mallard duckling at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these mallards at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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Canada geese goslings at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these Canada geese at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A pair of mute swans at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this pair of mute swans at Hager Pond in Marlborough.

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