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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 downy woodpecker in Wayland, photographed by Shelley Trucksis.
Shelley Trucksis photographed a downy woodpecker and a gray catbird in Wayland.
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An eastern bluebird at Greenways Conservation Area in Wayland, photographed by Shelley Trucksis.
Shelley Trucksis photographed an eastern bluebird, a tree swallow, and a white-tailed deer with a fawn at SVT's Greenways Conservation Area in Wayland.
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A Carolina wren in Framingham, photographed by George Marold.
George Marold photographed this Carolina wren in Framingham.
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A bee at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a bee, a brown-headed cowbird, a ruby-throated hummingbird, and a willow flycatcher at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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A common whitetail dragonfly at Hager Pond in Marlborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a common whitetail dragonfly, mallards, and a family of mute swans at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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A great blue heron at the Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a great blue heron at the Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury.
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A bumble bee at Great Meadows in Concord, photographed by Steve Forman.
Steve Forman photographed a bumble bee, an eastern chipmunk, a family of mute swans, and a family of wood ducks at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord.
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Buttercups at the Wayside Inn in Sudbury, photographed by Nathalie Guerin.
Nathalie Guerin photographed buttercups, the Grist Mill, tamarack cones, maple-leaf viburnum, multiflora rose, and wild geranium at the Wayside Inn in Sudbury during the SVT co-sponsored walk that was part...
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A cotton-tailed rabbit in Sudbury, photographed by Sharon Tentarelli.
Sharon Tentarelli photographed this cotton-tailed rabbit in Sudbury.
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A red fox in Sudbury, photographed by Sharon Tentarelli.
A red fox in Sudbury, photographed by Sharon Tentarelli.
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Painted turtles in Northborough, photographed by Cynthia Burns.
Cynthia Burns photographed painted turtles, an American robin feeding its young, and a northern cardinal in Northborough.
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Cedar waxwings at SVT's Memorial Forest in Sudbury, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed cedar waxwings, an eastern chipmunk, an eastern towhee, and an ovenbird at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.
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Red-tailed hawks in Maynard, photographed by Gail Sartori.
Gail Sartori photographed these red-tailed hawks in Maynard.
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An American robin in Harvard, photographed by Robin Right.
Robin Right photographed an American robin and a ruby-throated hummingbird in Harvard.
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An arrowhead spiketail in Concord, photographed by Greg Dysart.
Greg Dysart photographed this arrowhead spiketail in Concord.

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