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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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Mallards at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a baskettail dragonfly, an eastern kingbird, and a family of mallards at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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Slime mold at the Acton Arboretum, photographed by William Watt.
William Watt photographed slime mold at the Acton Arboretum.
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Barred owl nestlings in Bolton, photographed by Russ Place.
Russ Place photographed barred owl nestlings at a box in Bolton.
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Barred owls in Bolton, photographed by Russ Place.
Russ Place photographed barred owls at a nest box in Bolton.
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Barred owl nestlings in Bolton, photographed by Russ Place.
Russ Place photographed barred owl nestlings in Bolton.
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Canada geese at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed Canada geese, a double-crested cormorant, a killdeer, and mallards at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A Canada goose gosling at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed Canada goose goslings and solitary sandpipers at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A red-tailed hawk with a gray squirrel in Natick, photographed by Joe Guidice.
Joe Guidice photographed a red-tailed hawk with a gray squirrel in Natick.
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A bald eagle at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a bald eagle at the Sudbury Reservoir in Souhborough.
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A painted turtle hatchling in Sudbury, photographed by Nancy Shaw.
Nancy Shaw photographed this painted turtle hatchling in Sudbury.
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A painted turtle at Memorial Forest in Sudbury, photographed by Dan Clawson.
Dan Clawson photographed this painted turtle at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.
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A red-tailed hawk in Maynard, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed a red-tailed hawk being pestered by a blue jay in Maynard.
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A Baltimore oriole in Maynard, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed this Baltimore oriole in Maynard.
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A ruby-throated hummingbird in Harvard, photographed by Robin Right.
Robin Right photographed a ruby-throated hummingbird in Harvard.
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A barred owl at the Desert Natural Area in Marlborough, photographed by Eric Crockwell.
Eric Crockwell photographed a barred owl and an eastern towhee at the Desert Natural Area in Marlborough.

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