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!

Great Horned Owl

Sandpiper

Black Vulture

Barn Swallow

Carolina Chickadee

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Female)

Rufous-Sided Towhee

Eastern Bluebird

Carolina Wren (Chick)

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Northern Cardinal (Female)

Great Horned Owl

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Male)

Blue Jay

Goldfinch

Canada Goose

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Mourning Dove

American Robin

Osprey

Great Horned Owl

Carolina Chickadee

Bald Eagle

Carolina Wren

Great Blue Heron

Osprey

Barred Owl

Bald Eagle

Red-Headed Woodpecker (Juvenile)

Saw-Whet Owl

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Dark-Eyed Junco