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!

Dark-Eyed Junco

Carolina Chickadee

Canada Goose

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Osprey

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Female)

Red-Headed Woodpecker (Juvenile)

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Great Horned Owl

Bald Eagle

American Robin

Sandpiper

Black Vulture

Saw-Whet Owl

Osprey

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Male)

Rufous-Sided Towhee

Great Blue Heron

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Barn Swallow

Bald Eagle

Eastern Bluebird

Northern Cardinal (Female)

Great Horned Owl

Great Horned Owl

Goldfinch

Carolina Wren

Barred Owl

Mourning Dove

Blue Jay

Carolina Wren (Chick)

Carolina Chickadee