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!

Rufous-Sided Towhee

Blue Jay

Canada Goose

American Robin

Goldfinch

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Male)

Great Horned Owl

Dark-Eyed Junco

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Female)

Bald Eagle

Great Horned Owl

Northern Cardinal (Female)

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Carolina Chickadee

Carolina Wren (Chick)

Mourning Dove

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Saw-Whet Owl

Osprey

Great Horned Owl

Black Vulture

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Barred Owl

Osprey

Hairy Woodpecker

Eastern Bluebird

Carolina Wren

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Carolina Chickadee

Bald Eagle

Sandpiper

Great Blue Heron

Red-Headed Woodpecker (Juvenile)

Barn Swallow