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!

Mourning Dove

Dark-Eyed Junco

Great Horned Owl

Sandpiper

Carolina Wren

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Northern Cardinal (Female)

Barn Swallow

American Robin

Bald Eagle

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Black Vulture

Great Blue Heron

Bald Eagle

Red-Headed Woodpecker (Juvenile)

Great Horned Owl

Osprey

Carolina Wren (Chick)

Goldfinch

Great Horned Owl

Carolina Chickadee

Hairy Woodpecker

Eastern Bluebird

Carolina Chickadee

Saw-Whet Owl

Blue Jay

Rufous-Sided Towhee

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Osprey

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Canada Goose

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Male)

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Female)

Barred Owl