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

Northern Cardinal (Female)

Carolina Wren

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Great Horned Owl

Osprey

Rufous-Sided Towhee

Eastern Bluebird

Canada Goose

Barn Swallow

Sandpiper

Goldfinch

Blue Jay

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Male)

Bald Eagle

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Carolina Chickadee

American Robin

Black Vulture

Saw-Whet Owl

Osprey

Dark-Eyed Junco

Great Blue Heron

Red-Headed Woodpecker (Juvenile)

Carolina Chickadee

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Bald Eagle

Great Horned Owl

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Female)

Great Horned Owl

Carolina Wren (Chick)

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Hairy Woodpecker

Barred Owl