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Nature Sightings images and videos show the many species of wildlife that make their homes in the SVT region.
SVT cares for some of this region’s most important forests, wetlands, and grasslands—natural areas that support wildlife habitat that is crucial to the species we feel lucky to 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 for everyone to enjoy. In addition to displaying the images on this page, we also post selected images to our Facebook and Instagram pages, and we send a monthly Nature Sightings enewsletter to interested subscribers. Subscribe.
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.)
Best of 2022 Photo Album
We're grateful to everyone who shares their sightings throughout the seasons, and as we look forward to 2023, we're taking this time to share some of the best images from 2022. View our picks in the SVT Nature Sightings, Best of 2022 Google Photo Album
Ron McAdow used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to capture this video of a bobcat near Fairhaven Bay in Concord.
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Chris Reardon photographed this caterpillar, a member of the tiger moth genus Haploa, at SVT's Wolbach Farm in Sudbury.
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Steve Forman photographed an American goldfinch, a northern cardinal, a red-tailed hawk, a pair of red-winged blackbirds, and a tree swallow at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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Steve Forman photographed this brown-headed cowbird at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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An American goldfinch and a tree swallow at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough, photographed by Steve Forman.
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Steve Forman photographed a red-tailed hawk and an American kestrel at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land in Southborough.
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Steve Forman photographed these mallards at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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Steve Forman photographed these Canada geese at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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Steve Forman photographed this pair of mute swans at Hager Pond in Marlborough.
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Steve Forman photographed this pair of ospreys at a nest on Sudbury Reservoir in Southborough.
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Steve Forman photographed this mute swan and cygnet at their nest on Bartlett Pond in Northborough.
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Chris Reardon photographed this common garter snake at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.
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Chris Reardon photographed this skunk cabbage at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.
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Debbie Costine photographed this skunk cabbage and shared a description taken from National Wildlife Federation's website: "The flowers appear before the leaves and are characterized by a mottled maroon hoodlike...
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