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!

Bald Eagle

Eastern Bluebird

Carolina Chickadee

Osprey

Sandpiper

Canada Goose

Great Blue Heron

Great Horned Owl

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Rufous-Sided Towhee

Goldfinch

Hairy Woodpecker

Red-Headed Woodpecker (Juvenile)

Carolina Wren

Northern Cardinal (Female)

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Male)

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Female)

Barred Owl

Barn Swallow

Black Vulture

Bald Eagle

Blue Jay

American Robin

Mourning Dove

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Carolina Chickadee

Carolina Wren (Chick)

Saw-Whet Owl

Great Horned Owl

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Great Horned Owl

Dark-Eyed Junco

Osprey