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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 green heron in Westborough, photographed by Vin Cerrati.
Vin Cerrati photographed a river otter and a green heron in Westborough.
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A ruby-throated hummingbird at SVT's Gowing's Swamp in Concord, photographed by Laura Mattei.
Laura Mattei photographed a ruby-throated hummingbird at SVT's Gowing's Swamp in Concord. This is an area where SVT has been working to restore native habitat by combatting invasive species.
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A gray catbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a gray catbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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Eastern kingbirds at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Eastern kingbirds at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
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A monarch butterfly at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a monarch butterfly, a spicebush swallowtail butterfly, and an eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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An American goldfinch at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
American goldfinches at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
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A pearl crescent butterfly, photographed at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a pearl crescent butterfly at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A common garter snake swallowing an American toad at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury, photographed by Craig Smith.
Craig Smith photographed a common garter snake swallowing an American Toad at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.
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A great blue heron at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a great blue heron and a killdeer at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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An eastern pondhawk dragonfly, photographed by Steve Forman at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury.
Steve Forman photographed this eastern pondhawk dragonfly at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury.
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An eastern chipmunk in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed an eastern chipmunk in Framingham.
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A bald eagle at Bare Hill Pond in Harvard, photographed by Robin Right.
Robin Right photographed a bald eagle and a great blue heron at Bare Hill Pond in Harvard.
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A green frog at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge, photographed by William Watt.
William Watt photographed a green frog at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Maynard.
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A hummingbird clearwing moth in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a hummingbird clearwing moth in Framingham.
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A cotton-tailed rabbit in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a cotton-tailed rabbit in Framingham.

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