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!

Canada Goose

Dark-Eyed Junco

Northern Cardinal (Female)

Sandpiper

Carolina Chickadee

Great Blue Heron

Carolina Chickadee

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Great Horned Owl

Red-Headed Woodpecker (Juvenile)

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Blue Jay

Black Vulture

Carolina Wren (Chick)

Hairy Woodpecker

Osprey

Goldfinch

Great Horned Owl

Barn Swallow

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Male)

American Robin

Barred Owl

Bald Eagle

Rufous-Sided Towhee

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Female)

Mourning Dove

Osprey

Great Horned Owl

Carolina Wren

Bald Eagle

Saw-Whet Owl

Eastern Bluebird

Northern Cardinal (Male)