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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 painted turtle at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed painted turtles, a chipping sparrow, Canada geese, a killdeer and its chicks, and a least sandpiper at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A great blue heron at Farm Pond in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a great blue heron and an osprey at Farm Pond in Framingham.
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Wood ducks at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed wood ducks and an eastern forktail at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury.
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A silver-spotted skipper at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a silver-spotted skipper, a Halloween pennant, a pearl crescent, a ruby-throated hummingbird, and a white-tailed deer at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A green heron at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a green heron and an eastern pondhawk at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury.
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Great blue herons in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these great blue herons at their nests in Southborough.
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White-tailed deer in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these white-tailed deer in Framingham.
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A raccoon in Framingham, photographed with an automatically triggered wildlife camera by Margaret McKane.
Margaret McKane used her automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph this raccoon in Framingham.
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A cotton-tailed rabbit in Framingham, photographed by Margaret McKane.
Margaret McKane photographed this cotton-tailed rabbit in Framingham.
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A snapping turtle in Framingham, photographed by Margaret McKane.
Margaret McKane photographed this snapping turtle in Framingham.
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A ruby-throated hummingbird in Harvard, photographed by Robin Right.
Robin Right photographed this ruby-throated hummingbird in Harvard.
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An eastern towhee at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury, photographed by Valerie Burdette.
Valerie Burdette photographed an eastern towhee and an ovenbird at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.
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A Baltimore checkerspot at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a Baltimore checkerspot, a gray catbird, a ruby-throated hummingbird, and a barn swallow at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A great blue heron at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed great blue herons, red-winged blackbirds, an American robin, and a blue dasher dragonfly at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury.
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A great blue heron in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these great blue herons in Southborough.

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