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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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Ruddy ducks on Foss Reservoir in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these ruddy ducks on Foss Reservoir in Framingham.
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Hooded mergansers at Foss Reservoir in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed hooded mergansers and common mergansers at Foss Reservoir in Framingham.
Michael Welles used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to record this video of a fisher at SVT's Cowassock Woods in Framingham.
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A blue jay at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a blue jay, and American goldfinch, an American robin, and a northern mockingbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A northern shoveler in Acton, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed this northern shoveler in Acton.
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A Canada goose at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed Canada geese and mallards at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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American coots at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a pair of American coots at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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An American coot at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed an American coot, common mergansers, and a hooded merganser at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A mourning dove over Dudley Pond in Wayland, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed this mourning dove over Dudley Pond in Wayland.
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A great blue heron on an icy Dudley Pond in Wayland, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed this great blue heron on the partially iced over Dudley Pond in Wayland.
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A bald eagle in Stow, photographed by Steve from Stow.
Steve from Stow photographed this bald eagle. Steve contacted MassWildlife to share the images of the eagle's tags and learned that this bald eagle was banded in or before 2017...
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A fox sparrow in Southborough, photographed by Eileen Samberg.
Eileen Samberg photographed this fox sparrow in Southborough.
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A bobcat with a squirrel in Harvard, photographed with an automatically triggered wildlife camera by Steve Cumming.
Steve Cumming used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph this bobcat with a gray squirrel in Harvard.
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A river otter with a fish on the Sudbury River in Concord, photographed by Terri Ackerman.
Terri Ackerman photographed this river otter with a fish on the Sudbury River in Concord.
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A bald eagle over Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a bald eagle over Hager Pond in Marlborough.

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