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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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Russ Place shared video from a barred owl nest box in Bolton. The compilation includes clips from April 18th, 20th, and 21st.
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A great blue heron at Hop Brook Marsh Conservation Land in Sudbury, photographed by Judy Clawson.
Judy Clawson photographed a great blue heron and painted turtles at Duck Pond in the Town of Sudbury's Hop Brook Marsh Conservation Land.
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A painted turtle at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, photographed by Joan Chasan.
Joan Chasan photographed a painted turtle, a red-winged blackbird, and a pair of wood ducks at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord. The female wood duck has an unusual...
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A black-capped chickadee at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a black-capped chickadee, a common grackle, a downy woodpecker, a northern cardinal, painted turtles, and a yellow-rumped warbler at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A fisher at Norumbega Reservoir in Weston, photographed by William Lawrence.
William Lawrence photographed a fisher at Norumbega Reservoir in Weston.
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A bald eagle at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a pair of bald eagles on the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough.
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A pair of house sparrows at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a mating pair of house sparrows at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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Mushrooms at Horse Meadows Knoll in Harvard, photographed by William Watt.
William Watt photographed these mushrooms along the trail at Horse Meadows Knoll in Harvard.
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A white-tailed deer in Marlborough, photographed with an automatically triggered wildlife camera by Karin Paquin.
Karin Paquin used an automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph this white-tailed deer in Marlborough.
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A fisher in Marlborough, photographed with an automatically triggered wildlife camera by Karin Paquin.
Karin Paquin used an automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph this fisher in Marlborough.
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A white-tailed deer in Marlborough, photographed with an automatically triggered wildlife camera by Karin Paquin.
Karin Paquin used her automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph these white-tailed deer in Marlborough.
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An American robin at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed an American robin and an eastern bluebird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A great blue heron at Farm Pond in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a great blue heron and a red-winged blackbird at Farm Pond in Framingham.
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baby penguin
The king penguin ( Aptenodytes patagonicus) is the second largest species of penguin, smaller, but somewhat similar in appearance to the emperor penguin. There are two subspecies: A. p. patagonicus...
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baby penguin
The king penguin ( Aptenodytes patagonicus) is the second largest species of penguin, smaller, but somewhat similar in appearance to the emperor penguin. There are two subspecies: A. p. patagonicus...

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