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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 praying mantis in Natick, photographed by Chuck Hill.
Chuck Hill photographed this praying mantis in Natick.
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Ghost plant at Hamlen Woods in Wayland, photographed by Shelley Trucksis.
Shelley Trucksis photographed this "ghost plant" (Monotropa uniflora) at Hamlen Woods in Wayland.
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A gray catbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a gray catbird, monarch butterflies, a northern flicker, a northern water snake, and a red-bellied woodpecker in Southborough.
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Mushrooms at SVT's Walkup and Robinson Memorial Reservation in Westborough, photographed by William Watt.
William Watt photographed mushrooms along the trails at SVT's Walkup and Robinson Memorial Reservation in Westborough.
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A great horned owl at Chapman Pasture in Lincoln, photographed by Ron McAdow.
Ron McAdow photographed this great horned owl at Chapman Pasture in Lincoln.
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An American goldfinch at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed American goldfinches, a European starling, a house finch, and a monarch butterfly at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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Canada geese at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed Canada geese, a great blue heron, mallards, and a ring-billed gull at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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Mushrooms at SVT's Memorial Forest in Sudbury, photographed by William Watt.
William Watt photographed mushrooms along the trails at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.
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An American goldfinch at SVT's Memorial Forest in Sudbury, photographed by Craig Smith.
Craig Smith photographed an American goldfinch, a common nighthawk, an eastern bluebird, a great horned owl, ghost plants, and a white-breasted nuthatch at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of...
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A coyote in Harvard, photographed with an automatically triggered wildlife camera by Steve Cumming.
Steve Cumming used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph a coyote and a bobcat in Harvard.
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A Pandora Sphynx moth caterpillar in Sudbury, photographed by Rebecca Cutting.
Rebecca Cutting photographed this Pandora Sphynx moth caterpillar in Sudbury.
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A dragonfly in Sudbury, photographed by Sharon Tentarelli.
Sharon Tentarelli photographed this dragonfly in Sudbury.
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A green heron in Maynard, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed this green heron in Maynard.
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A green heron in Framingham, photographed by John Mastrobattista.
John Mastrobattista photographed a green heron and a widow skimmer in Framingham.
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A Canada goose at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a Canada goose, a double-crested cormorant, painted turtles, a great blue heron, a great egret, a killdeer, mallards, mute swans, a ring-billed gull, and a wood duck...

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