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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 red-bellied woodpecker at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this red-bellied woodpecker at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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Ring-necked ducks at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these ring-necked ducks on the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough.
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A white-breasted nuthatch at SVT's Wolbach Farm in Sudbury, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed this white-breasted nuthatch at SVT's Wolbach Farm in Sudbury.
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A bobcat in Bolton, photographed with an automatically triggered wildlife camera by Steve Cumming.
Steve Cumming used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph three bobcats in Bolton.
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A mute swan at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these mute swans at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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An osprey at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this osprey at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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Eastern bluebirds at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these eastern bluebirds at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A bald eagle on the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a bald eagle on the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough.
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A monarch butterfly chrysalis in Northborough, photographed by Marnie Frankian.
Marnie Frankian photographed this monarch butterfly chrysalis in her Northborough garden.
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A cauliflower mushroom at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury, photographed by Craig Smith.
Craig Smith photographed these mushrooms at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.
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A coyote with prey in Harvard, photographed with an automatically triggered wildlife camera by Steve Cumming.
Steve Cumming used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph these coyotes in Harvard.
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A wood duck in Lincoln, photographed by Ron McAdow.
Ron McAdow photographed these wood ducks in Lincoln.
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A great blue heron at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this great blue heron at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A cedar waxwing at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a cedar waxwing, a gray catbird, yellow-bellied sapsuckers, and a turkey vulture at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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An eastern phoebe at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed an eastern phoebe, eastern bluebirds, a monarch butterfly, and a yellow-rumped warbler at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.

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