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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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Tree swallows at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed tree swallows at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A cedar waxwing at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a cedar waxwing at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A red-winged blackbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
Steve Forman photographed a red-winged blackbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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Tree swallows at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed these tree swallows at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A chalk-fronted corporal in Hopkinton, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a chalk-fronted corporal and a gray catbird at Mass Audubon's Waseeka Wildlife Sanctuary in Hopkinton.
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A water lily blossom in Stow, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed this water lily blossom in Stow.
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A great blue heron in Stow, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed great blue herons at nests in Stow.
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A barn swallow nestling in Hopkinton, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed barn swallows at a nest in Hopkinton.
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Eastern bluebirds in Westborough, photographed by John Carter.
John Carter photographed a pair of eastern bluebirds feeding nestlings at a nest box in Westborough.
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An eastern chipmunk at SVT's Cowassock Woods in Framingham, photographed by Cindy Winer.
Cindy Winer photographed an eastern chipmunk at SVT's Cowassock Woods in Framingham.
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A tree swallow at Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary in Natick, photographed by Cindy Winer.
Cindy Winer photographed a tree swallow at Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary in Natick.
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A ruby-throated hummingbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a ruby-throated hummingbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A common whitetail dragonfly at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a common whitetail dragonfly and an elm sawfly at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
Ron McAdow recorded this video of a Baltimore oriole at a bird bath in Lincoln.
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A red-tailed hawk being pestered by a blue jay in Maynard, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed a red-tailed hawk being pestered by a blue jay. She also photographed a black-capped chickadee and a gray catbird in Maynard.

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