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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 blue jay at SVT's Elliott Concord River Preserve in Carlisle, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed this blue jay at SVT's Elliott Concord River Preserve in Carlisle.
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A coyote in Boylston, photographed with an automatically triggered wildlife camera by Jim Makuc.
Jim Makuc used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph this coyote in Boylston.
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A double-crested cormorant at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a double-crested cormorant and a great blue heron at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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Least sandpipers at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these least sandpipers at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A ruby-throated hummingbird in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these ruby-throated hummingbirds in Framingham.
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A northern flicker in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this northern flicker in Framingham.
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A bald eagle in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed bald eagles at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough.
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An osprey at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed an osprey at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough.
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A red-tailed hawk at Berlin Meadows, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed a red-tailed hawk at Berlin Meadows in Berlin.
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A pearl crescent butterfly at a pollinator garden at SVT's Cowassock Woods in Framingham, photographed by Michael Welles.
Michael Welles photographed a pearl crescent butterfly at at pollinator garden at SVT's Cowassock Woods in Framingham.
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A green frog at Hazel Brook Conservation Area in Wayland, photographed by William Watt.
William Watt photographed a green frog at SVT's Hazel Brook Conservation Area in Wayland.
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A downy woodpecker in Maynard, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed a downy woodpecker and an eastern tiger swallowtail in Maynard.
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A bumble bee in Maynard, photographed by William Watt.
William Watt photographed a bumble bee and a great black wasp in Maynard.
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White turtlehead at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury, photographed by Laura Mattei.
Laura Mattei photographed a white turtlehead blossoming at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.
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A barred owl in Natick, photographed by Greg Dysart.
Greg Dysart photographed a barred owl in Natick.

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