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!

Carolina Chickadee

Sandpiper

Carolina Chickadee

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle

Hairy Woodpecker

Osprey

Mourning Dove

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Great Blue Heron

Eastern Bluebird

Rufous-Sided Towhee

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Male)

Carolina Wren

Carolina Wren (Chick)

Northern Cardinal (Female)

Red-Headed Woodpecker (Juvenile)

Barn Swallow

Great Horned Owl

Blue Jay

Canada Goose

Great Horned Owl

Black Vulture

Great Horned Owl

Saw-Whet Owl

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Female)

Barred Owl

Dark-Eyed Junco

American Robin

Goldfinch

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Osprey