This week’s photo challenge suggests we look back on images of 2017 – of course it IS coming up on New Year’s Eve, and that’s what we do, right?  As I looked back, I realized just how many birds were “shot” this year…  so rather than picking a favorite, I’m sharing a wide selection of our feathered friends!

This was posted in response to the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge – “2017 Favorites”.  Click here for more responses!

Northern Cardinal (Female)

Great Blue Heron

Canada Goose

Osprey

Carolina Chickadee

Carolina Wren

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Male)

Carolina Wren (Chick)

Great Horned Owl

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Barn Swallow

Eastern Bluebird

Carolina Chickadee

Great Horned Owl

Red-Headed Woodpecker (Juvenile)

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Bald Eagle

Great Horned Owl

Hairy Woodpecker

Dark-Eyed Junco

Saw-Whet Owl

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Mourning Dove

Rufous-Sided Towhee

Sandpiper

Osprey

Goldfinch

Blue Jay

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Female)

Bald Eagle

American Robin

Black Vulture

Barred Owl