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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 cecropia moth caterpillar in Framingham, photographed by Eileen Aronson.
Eileen Aronson photographed this cecropia moth caterpillar in Framingham.
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A mushroom at Mount Pisgah, photographed by Jill Moonheron.
Jill Moonheron photographed this large mushroom along the trails at Mount Pisgah Conservation Area in Northborough.
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A stinkhorn mushroom, photographed in Maynard by Jodi Beebe.
Jodi Beebe photographed this stinkhorn mushroom in Maynard.
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A Canada goose at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a Canada goose, a great blue heron, mallards, and mute swans at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A ruby-throated hummingbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a ruby-throated hummingbird, turkey vultures, a house finch, a pearl crescent, a pair of red-winged blackbirds, a cedar waxwing, a downy woodpecker, and a gray catbird at...
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A northern water snake at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Maynard, photographed by William Watt.
William Watt photographed this northern water snake at the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Maynard.
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A bald eagle at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed this bald eagle at the Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough.
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An American goldfinch in Sudbury, photographed by Sharon Tentarelli.
Sharon Tentarelli photographed this American goldfinch in Sudbury.
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A crayfish in Sudbury, photographed by Chris Menge.
Chris Menge photographed this crayfish in Sudbury.
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A blue jay in Framingham, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a blue jay in Framingham.
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An American goldfinch at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed American goldfinches, and a bumble bee at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A mallard at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed mallards at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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An orange sulphur at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed an orange sulphur, a ruby-throated hummingbird, a barn swallow, a blue dasher, an eastern tailed-blue, European starlings, house finches, a house sparrow, a red-winged blackbird, a tree...
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A mocha emerald in Natick, photographed by Greg Dysart.
Greg Dysart photographed this mocha emerald dragonfly in Natick.
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A clamp-tipped emerald in Natick, photographed by Greg Dysart.
Greg Dysart photographed this clamp-tipped emerald dragonfly in Natick.

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