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!

Mourning Dove

Sandpiper

Great Horned Owl

Great Blue Heron

Great Horned Owl

Great Horned Owl

Rufous-Sided Towhee

Bald Eagle

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Saw-Whet Owl

Carolina Wren

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Female)

Canada Goose

Hairy Woodpecker

Dark-Eyed Junco

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Male)

Red-Headed Woodpecker (Juvenile)

Carolina Wren (Chick)

Goldfinch

Osprey

Carolina Chickadee

Black Vulture

American Robin

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Barn Swallow

Carolina Chickadee

Northern Cardinal (Female)

Bald Eagle

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Blue Jay

Barred Owl

Eastern Bluebird

Osprey