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!

Osprey

Great Blue Heron

Dark-Eyed Junco

Sandpiper

Blue Jay

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Female)

Northern Cardinal (Female)

Eastern Bluebird

Saw-Whet Owl

Red-Headed Woodpecker (Juvenile)

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Carolina Wren

Goldfinch

Canada Goose

Great Horned Owl

Hairy Woodpecker

Black Vulture

Barn Swallow

Osprey

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Male)

Bald Eagle

Carolina Chickadee

Barred Owl

Great Horned Owl

Mourning Dove

Carolina Chickadee

Carolina Wren (Chick)

American Robin

Rufous-Sided Towhee

Great Horned Owl

Bald Eagle