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Nature Sightings images and videos show the many species of wildlife that make their homes in the SVT region.

SVT cares for some of this region’s most important forests, wetlands, and grasslands—natural areas that support wildlife habitat that is crucial to the species we feel lucky to 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 for everyone to enjoy. In addition to displaying the images on this page, we also post selected images to our Facebook and Instagram pages, and we send a monthly Nature Sightings e-newsletter to interested subscribers. Subscribe.

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.
 

Best of 2023: We've collected 50 of our favorite images from 2023 into an online photo album for you to enjoy. 

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An American robin in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed an American robin, great blue herons at their nests, a bathing brown-headed cowbird, cedar waxwings, an eastern kingbird, a ruby-throated hummingbird, yellow warblers, a northern mockingbird, a...
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A Canada goose gosling at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a Canada goose gosling, a great blue heron, a family of mallards, a red-shouldered hawk being chased by a red-winged blackbird, eastern tiger swallowtail butterflies, a greater...
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A family of mute swans at Bruce's Pond in Hudson, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a family of mute swans and a great blue heron at Bruce's Pond in Hudson.
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A barred owl in Framingham, photographed by Jill Baker.
Jill Baker photographed these barred owls in Framingham.
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Great blue heron nests in Sudbury, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed these great blue herons at their nests near Feeley Fields in Sudbury.
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A rose-breasted grosbeak in Framingham, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed this rose-breasted grosbeak in Framingham.
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A white-tailed deer in Framingham, photographed with and automatically triggered wildlife camera by Margaret McKane.
Margaret McKane used her automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph this white-tailed deer in Framingham.
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A white-tailed deer, fawn, and wood ducks in Framingham, photographed with an automatically triggered wildlife camera by Margaret McKane.
Margaret McKane used her automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph a white-tailed deer and its fawn in front of wood ducks in Framingham.
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An eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly in Harvard, photographed by Robin Right.
Robin Right photographed this eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly in Harvard.
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A cotton-tailed rabbit in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this cotton-tailed rabbit in Framingham.
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A river otter at the Raymond Reservation in Sudbury, photographed by Will Malan.
Will Malan photographed this river otter at the Raymond Reservation in Sudbury.
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A common garter snake at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Maynard, photographed by William Watt.
William Watt photographed this common garter snake at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Maynard.
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A red-tailed hawk with a milk snake in Lincoln, photographed by Ron McAdow.
Ron McAdow photographed this red-tailed hawk with a milk snake in Lincoln.
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A brown-headed cowbird at Bowers Spring in Bolton, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed a brown-headed cowbird, a painted turtle, and a yellow-rumped warbler at Bowers Springs in Bolton.
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An American goldfinch in Harvard, photographed by Jon Turner.
American goldfinches in Harvard, photographed by Jon Turner.

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