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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 mallard (left) and a Canada goose at SVT's Upper Mill Brook Conservation Area in Wayland, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed a mallard, a Canada goose, and a great blue heron at SVT's Upper Mill Brook Conservation Area in Wayland.
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A bald eagle at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this bald eagle at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough.
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Mallards from Ralph Hill in Billerica, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed these mallards from SVT's Ralph Hill in Billerica.
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Canada geese at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed Canada geese and a mallard at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A yellow-bellied sapsucker at SVT's Frances Hill in Westford, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed this yellow-bellied sapsucker at SVT's Frances Hill in Westford.
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A white-tailed deer in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a white-tailed deer in Framingham.
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A double-crested cormorant at Foss Reservoir in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a double-crested cormorant, hooded mergansers, and a ring-necked duck at Foss Reservoir in Framingham.
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A cotton-tailed rabbit at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a cotton-tailed rabbit at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A blue jay at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a blue jay, a house finch, and a northern mockingbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A great blue heron at Bartlett Pond in Northborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this great blue heron at Bartlett Pond in Northborough.
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A red-headed woodpecker in Maynard, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed a red-headed woodpecker in Maynard.
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Bobcats in Stow, photographed with an automatically triggered wildlife camera by Steve Cumming.
Steve Cumming used an automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph bobcats in Stow.
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A pileated woodpecker at O'Brien Farm in Westford, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed a pileated woodpecker and a northern cardinal at O'Brien Farm in Westford.
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Canada geese in the fields adjacent to Hazel Brook Conservation Area in Wayland, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed Canada geese in the fields next to SVT's Hazel Brook Conservation Area in Wayland.
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A mallard on Dudley Pond in Wayland, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed a mallard on Dudley Pond in Wayland.

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