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!

Goldfinch

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Black Vulture

Sandpiper

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Eastern Bluebird

Great Horned Owl

Red-Headed Woodpecker (Juvenile)

Blue Jay

Carolina Chickadee

Barn Swallow

Dark-Eyed Junco

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Bald Eagle

Rufous-Sided Towhee

Carolina Wren (Chick)

Great Horned Owl

Osprey

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Male)

Carolina Wren

Canada Goose

Great Blue Heron

Great Horned Owl

Barred Owl

American Robin

Osprey

Bald Eagle

Saw-Whet Owl

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Female)

Northern Cardinal (Female)

Carolina Chickadee

Mourning Dove