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!

Saw-Whet Owl

Barred Owl

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Male)

Sandpiper

Red-Headed Woodpecker (Juvenile)

Goldfinch

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Great Blue Heron

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Hairy Woodpecker

Bald Eagle

Great Horned Owl

Carolina Wren (Chick)

Canada Goose

Carolina Chickadee

Mourning Dove

Black Vulture

Eastern Bluebird

Osprey

Carolina Chickadee

Great Horned Owl

Rufous-Sided Towhee

Northern Cardinal (Male)

American Robin

Dark-Eyed Junco

Bald Eagle

Carolina Wren

Northern Cardinal (Female)

Barn Swallow

Blue Jay

Great Horned Owl

Osprey

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Female)