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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 muskrat at SVT's Memorial Forest in Sudbury, photographed by William Watt.
William Watt photographed a muskrat at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.
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An American goldfinch at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed an American goldfinch, Canada geese, am osprey, and a pair of wood ducks at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord.
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Lyons Cutler Trail
Russ Place recorded this video of barred owls in their Bolton nest box.
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Mainstone Farm Trail. Photo by SVT.
Kent Fox used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to record this video of a porcupine at Forty Caves in Berlin.
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A killdeer in Westborough, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed a killdeer and a yellow-rumped warbler in Westborough.
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A spotted sandpiper in Wayland, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed a spotted sandpiper in Wayland.
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An eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly at Upper Mill Brook Conservation Area in Wayland, photographed by William Watt.
William Watt photographed this eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly at Upper Mill Brook Conservation Area in Wayland.
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A bald eagle at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this bald eagle over the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough.
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A red fox in Stow, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed this red fox in Stow.
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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 Baltimore oriole at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a Baltimore oriole and painted turtles at Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury.
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A turkey in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a turkey and a coyote in Framingham.
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Turkeys in Framingham, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed turkeys in Framingham.
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A common grackle at the Wayne F. MacCallum Wildlife Management Area in Westborough, photographed by Nancy Wright.
Nancy Wright photographed a common grackle, a great blue heron, a great egret, and a song sparrow at the Wayne F. MacCallum Wildlife Management Area in Westborough.
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A great egret at the Wayne F. MacCallum Wildlife Management Area in Westborough, photographed by Nancy Wright.
Nancy Wright photographed a great egret and ring-necked ducks at the Wayne F. MacCallum Wildlife Management Area in Westborough.

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