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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 ruby-throated hummingbird in Maynard, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed a ruby-throated hummingbird in Maynard.
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Gray catbirds in Maynard, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed these gray catbirds in Maynard.
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Eastern bluebirds in Lincoln, photographed by Ron McAdow.
Ron McAdow photographed a family of eastern bluebirds in Lincoln.
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A blue jay in Northborough, photographed by Sandy Howard.
Sandy Howard photographed a blue jay in Northborough.
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A little wood satyr at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a little wood satyr at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A pearl crescent butterfly at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a pearl crescent butterfly at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A snowberry clearwing moth at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this snowberry clearwing moth at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A northern flicker in Sudbury, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed a northern flicker at Feeley Field in Sudbury.
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A common whitetail dragonfly at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Sudbury, photographed by Eric Crockwell.
Eric Crockwell photographed a common whitetail at the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Sudbury.
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A beaver along the Sudbury Reservoir Trail in Southborough, photographed by Eric Crockwell.
Eric Crockwell photographed a beaver, a cotton-tailed rabbit, a tree swallow, and white-tailed deer along the Sudbury Reservoir Trail, part of the Boroughs Loop Trail, in Southborough.
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A snapping turtle at SVT's Memorial Forest in Sudbury, photographed by William Watt.
William Watt photographed a snapping turtle laying eggs at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.
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A tree swallow at Heard Farm in Wayland, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed tree swallows and bobolinks at Heard Farm in Wayland.
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A four-spotted skimmer at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Hudson, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed a four-spotted skimmer at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge.
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A northern cardinal at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a northern cardinal at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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White-tailed deer in Bolton, photographed by Jon Turner.
Jon Turner photographed these white-tailed deer in Bolton.

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