Nature Sightings

Welcome to the Nature Sightings section of our website. Here, we post nature sightings that have been reported to us throughout the Sudbury, Assabet and Concord Rivers Valley. Sudbury Valley Trustees is also continuing the work of the Wildlife Trails Education Project and will post pictures taken from our automatically triggered cameras. If you have an interesting sighting or a picture you would like to share e-mail Dan Stimson.

Click here to learn more about our automatic wildlife cameras.

Highway Underpass Monitoring: Read how SVT has helped to monitor wildlife passages beneath route 2 in Concord, and view photos from the project.

Latest Sightings:

Coyote along the Concord River in Billerica

Sighting Date: 
February 6, 2010
Coyote by Betsy Gallagher
Betsy Gallagher photographed this coyote along the Concord River in Billerica.
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Great Blue Heron in Maynard

Sighting Date: 
January 22, 2010
Great Blue Heron by Craig Smith
Craig Smith photographed this great blue heron at the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Maynard.
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Memorial Forest Sunset

Sighting Date: 
January 21, 2010
Hop Brook at Sunset by Craig SmithHop Brook at Sunset by Craig Smith
Craig Smith took these photographs of Hop Brook at sunset at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest.
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White-throated Sparrow and Downy Woodpecker at Memorial Forest

Sighting Date: 
January 21, 2010
White-throated Sparrow by Craig SmithDowny Woodpecker by Craig Smith
Craig Smith photographed a white-throated sparrow and a downy woodpecker at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.
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Coyote at Wolbach Farm

Sighting Date: 
January 15, 2010
Coyote by Ron McAdow
Ron McAdow photographed this coyote at SVT's Wolbach Farm in Sudbury.
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Fisher in Stow

Sighting Date: 
January 14, 2010
Fisher, by Dan Foster
Dan Foster used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph this fisher in Stow.  See more of Dan's photos and learn about local wildlife tracking at:  http://nashaway.blogspot.com/
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A Fisher digging for a mouse in Stow

Sighting Date: 
January 7, 2010
Fisher, by Dan FosterMouse, by Dan FosterFisher, by Dan FosterFisher, by Dan Foster
Dan Foster used his automatically triggered wildlife camera to photograph this fisher, digging in an old pine log for a mouse that was photographed (see second photo) there as well.  See more of Dan's photos and learn about local wildlife tracking at:  http://nashaway.blogspot.com/
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50th Annual Concord Christmas Bird Count

Sighting Date: 
January 3, 2010
The 50th Anniversary Concord Christmas Bird Count was conducted on Sunday, January 3rd.  The Concord Count was established in 1960 and tallies all of the birds seen on a single day in a specific area.  The area includes all or part of 17 towns encompassed in a 15 mile diameter circle.  Preliminary results can be seen in this table.  Please note that the totals referenced in the table are still preliminary, as a number of count leaders are still assembling and verifying their totals.  We will post the final count results when available.
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Snowfall at Grist Mill Pond

Sighting Date: 
December 6, 2009
Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury by Brian RiccioGrist Mill Pond in Sudbury by Brian RiccioGrist Mill Pond in Sudbury by Brian RiccioGrist Mill Pond in Sudbury by Brian Riccio
Brian Riccio submitted these photographs of Grist Mill Pond in Sudbury, after a recent snowfall.
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Flying Squirrel in Wayland

Sighting Date: 
December 3, 2009
Flying Squirrel by James SantamariaFlying Squirrel by James SantamariaFlying Squirrel by James SantamariaFlying Squirrel by James Santamaria
Jim Santamaria photographed this flying squirrel in Wayland.
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