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!

Black Vulture

Barred Owl

Great Blue Heron

American Robin

Saw-Whet Owl

Goldfinch

Mourning Dove

Carolina Chickadee

Blue Jay

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Male)

Red-Headed Woodpecker (Juvenile)

Bald Eagle

Hairy Woodpecker

Osprey

Great Horned Owl

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Great Horned Owl

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Canada Goose

Sandpiper

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Female)

Northern Cardinal (Female)

Carolina Wren

Bald Eagle

Barn Swallow

Dark-Eyed Junco

Great Horned Owl

Osprey

Eastern Bluebird

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Carolina Wren (Chick)

Carolina Chickadee

Rufous-Sided Towhee